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 27:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to Him; American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy God: Common English Bible (You must build the LORD your God’s altar with uncut stones.) Then offer up on that altar entirely burned sacrifices to the LORD your God. Catholic Public Domain Version out of stones which have not been hewn or polished. And you shall offer holocausts on it to the Lord your God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And of stones not fashioned nor polished. And thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God. |
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 walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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.
make sacrifices of well-being, and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God.