Deuteronomy 27:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

At this same place, build an altar for offering sacrifices to the LORD your God. But don't use stones that have been cut with iron tools.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

Solomon did not want the noise of hammers and axes to be heard at the place where the temple was being built. So he made the workers shape the blocks of stone at the quarry.

Exodus 20:25

If you ever build an altar for me out of stones, do not use any tools to chisel the stones, because that would make the altar unfit.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses wrote down what the LORD had said. The next morning Moses got up early. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up a large stone for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:6

Look for stones that can be used without being cut. Then offer sacrifices to please the LORD, burning them completely on the altar.