Judges 6:26

Easy To Read Version

Then build the right kind of altar for the Lord your God. Build that altar on this high ground. Then kill and burn the full-grown bull on this altar. Use the wood from the Asherah pole to burn your offering.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:18

That day Gad came to David. Gad told David, “Go and build an altar [163] to the Lord on the threshing floor [164] of Araunah [165] the Jebusite.”

2 Samuel 24:22

Araunah said to David, “My lord and king, you can take anything you want for a sacrifice. [168] Here are some cows for the burnt offering, and the threshing boards [169] and the yokes [170] for the wood.

Exodus 34:13

So destroy their altars. [342] Break the stones they worship. Cut down their idols. [343]

1 Corinthians 14:33

God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace.

1 Corinthians 14:40

But everything should be done in a way that is right and orderly.

Judges 6:25

That same night the Lord spoke to Gideon. The Lord said, “Take the full-grown bull that belongs to your father, the one that is seven years old. Your father has an altar [58] to the false god Baal. [59] There is also a wooden pole beside the altar. That pole was made to honor the false goddess Asherah. [60] Use the bull to pull down the Baal altar, and cut down the Asherah pole.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon got ten of his servants and did what the Lord had told him to do. But Gideon was afraid that his family and the men of the city might see what he was doing. Gideon did what the Lord told him to do. But he did it at night, and not in the daytime.