Ifyou makean altarof stonefor Me, you shall not buildit of cutstones,for if you wieldyour toolon it, you will profaneit.
The house,while it was being built,was builtof stonepreparedat the quarry,and there was neitherhammernoraxenoranyirontoolheardin the housewhile it was being built.
You shall makean altarof earthfor Me, and you shall sacrificeon it your burntofferingsand your peaceofferings,your sheepand your oxen;in everyplacewhereI cause My nameto be remembered,I will cometo you and blessyou.
Moseswrotedownallthe wordsof the LORD.Then he aroseearlyin the morning,and builtan altarat the footof the mountainwith twelvepillarsfor the twelvetribesof Israel.
For the burntoffering[there were] fourtablesof hewnstone,a cubitand a halflong,a cubitand a halfwideand onecubithigh,on which they laythe instrumentswith whichthey slaughterthe burntofferingand the sacrifice.
justas Mosesthe servantof the LORDhad commandedthe sonsof Israel,as it is writtenin the bookof the lawof Moses,an altarof uncutstoneson whichnoman had wieldedan iron[tool]; and they offeredburntofferingson it to the LORD,and sacrificedpeaceofferings.
