"Moreover, you shall buildtherean altarto the LORDyour God,an altarof stones;you shall not wieldan iron[tool] on them.
The house,while it was being built,was builtof stonepreparedat the quarry,and there was neitherhammernoraxenoranyirontoolheardin the housewhile it was being built.
Ifyou makean altarof stonefor Me, you shall not buildit of cutstones,for if you wieldyour toolon it, you will profaneit.
Moseswrotedownallthe wordsof the LORD.Then he aroseearlyin the morning,and builtan altarat the footof the mountainwith twelvepillarsfor the twelvetribesof Israel.
"You shall buildthe altarof the LORDyour Godof uncutstones,and you shall offeron it burntofferingsto the LORDyour God;
