Exodus 20:25
Bible › Exodus › Chapter 20 › Verse 25
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
In other translations
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
Hebrew words
וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518מִזְבַּחmizbachan altar ofH4196אֲבָנִים'avanimstonesH68תַּעֲשֶׂה־ta'aseh-you will makeH6213לִּיlifor <the> meלֹא־lo'-notH3808תִבְנֶהtivnehyou must buildH1129אֶתְהֶן'ethen<obj.> themH853גָּזִיתgazithewn [stone]H1496כִּיkiforH3588חַרְבְּךָcharbekhatool yourH2719הֵנַפְתָּhenaftayou have wieldedH5130עָלֶיהָ'aleihaon itH5921וַתְּחַלְלֶהָ׃vatechalehaand you have profaned itH2490
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 27:5-65 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:5 Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. 6 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
- Joshua 8:31As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
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