Judges 6:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then build an altar for the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 24:18 : 18 David Acquires a Threshing Floor and Constructs an Altar There So Gad went to David that day and told him,“Go up and build an altar for the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  • 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace.As in all the churches of the saints,
  • 1 Cor 14:40 : 40 And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:24-25
    2 verses
    90%

    24Gideon built an altar for the LORD there, and named it“The LORD is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    25Gideon Destroys the Altar That night the LORD said to him,“Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

  • Judg 6:27-30
    4 verses
    85%

    27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.

    28When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

    29They said to one another,“Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

    30The men of the city said to Joash,“Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

  • Deut 27:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones– do not use an iron tool on them.

    6You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

    7Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the LORD your God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32-33
    2 verses
    75%

    32With the stones he constructed an altar for the LORD. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

    33He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. Then he said,“Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.”

  • Josh 8:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30Covenant Renewal Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

    31just as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed tokens of peace.

  • Josh 22:26
    74%

    26So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

  • Exod 34:13
    74%

    13Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

  • Deut 7:5
    73%

    5Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.

  • Deut 12:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods– on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.

    3You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

  • Josh 22:23
    73%

    23If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    72%

    15He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.

  • Judg 6:20
    72%

    20God’s angel said to him,“Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.

  • Deut 16:21
    72%

    21Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.

  • 1 Sam 6:14
    72%

    14The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

  • Judg 2:2
    71%

    2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

  • Josh 22:16
    71%

    16“The entire community of the LORD says,‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.

  • Num 23:14
    71%

    14So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    71%

    23Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

  • 2 Chr 14:3
    71%

    3He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

  • Exod 20:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

    25If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

  • 2 Chr 34:4
    71%

    4He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

  • 2 Kgs 23:6
    70%

    6He removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard.

  • Judg 6:11
    70%

    11Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

  • Lev 1:12
    70%

    12Next, the one presenting the offering must cut it into parts, with its head and its suet, and the priest must arrange them on the wood which is in the fire, on the altar.

  • Deut 12:6
    70%

    6And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

  • Judg 6:32
    70%

    32That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, because he had said,“Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

  • Judg 6:36
    70%

    36Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    70%

    10They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

  • Josh 22:29
    70%

    29Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD by turning back today from following after the LORD by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace aside from the altar of the LORD our God located in front of his dwelling place!”

  • Jer 17:2
    70%

    2Their children are always thinking about their altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, set up beside the green trees on the high hills

  • Lev 1:7
    70%

    7and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

  • Exod 40:6
    70%

    6You are to put the altar for the burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    70%

    29Now the LORD’s tabernacle(which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon.

  • Exod 30:1
    70%

    1The Altar of Incense“You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood.

  • Isa 27:9
    70%

    9So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

  • 1 Chr 21:18
    70%

    18So the LORD’s angel told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar for the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Exod 27:1
    70%

    1The Altar“You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches.

  • Judg 21:4
    70%

    4The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace.