When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
Deuteronomy 27:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall lift up no iron tool upon them. 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, |
When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it.
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
You shall build an altar to the Lord your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God;