Genesis 8:20

Contemporary English Version 1995

Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the Lord. Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice.

Cross References

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Genesis 22:9

when they reached the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Next, he tied up his son and put him on the wood.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things he has done. The Scriptures say,

1 Peter 2:5

And now you are living stones being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God.

Hebrews 13:10

But we have an altar where even the priests who serve in the place of worship have no right to eat.

Exodus 10:25

“No!” Moses replied. “You must let us offer sacrifices to the Lord our God,

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar there and called it “God of Bethel,” because that was the place where God had appeared to him when he was running from Esau.

Genesis 35:1

God told Jacob, “Return to Bethel, where I appeared to you when you were running from your brother Esau. Make your home there and build an altar for me.”

Genesis 33:20

then he set up his tents and built an altar there to honor the God of Israel.

Genesis 26:25

Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. Then he set up camp, and his servants started digging a well.

Genesis 13:18

Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord.

Genesis 13:4

where he had earlier camped and built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 7:2

Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice and one pair of all others.

Genesis 4:4

and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord. He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Genesis 22:2

The Lord said, “Go get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.”

Genesis 8:19

the living creatures left in groups of their own kind.

Job 1:5

After each feast, Job would send for his children and perform a ceremony, as a way of asking God to forgive them of any wrongs they may have done. He would get up early the next morning and offer a sacrifice for each of them, just in case they had sinned or silently cursed God.

Genesis 7:3

Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth.

Exodus 29:18

Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Exodus 29:25

After this, put the meat and bread on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.