The house was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.
Deuteronomy 27:5 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional And you shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones on which you have not used an iron tool. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. American Standard Version (1901) And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. Common English Bible and build an altar there for the LORD your God—an altar of stones that haven’t been cut with iron tools. Catholic Public Domain Version and you shall build, in that place, an altar to the Lord your God out of stones which have not been touched by iron, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched, |
The house was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.
But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones; for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel.
You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,