Deuteronomy 27:5

New International Reader's Version

Build an altar there to honor the Lord your God. Make it out of stones. Don’t use any iron tool on them.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

All the stones used for building the temple were shaped where they were cut. So hammers, chisels and other iron tools couldn’t be heard where the temple was being built.

Exodus 20:25

If you make an altar out of stones to honor me, do not build it with blocks of stone. You will make it “unclean” if you use a tool on it.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said. Moses got up early the next morning. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He set up 12 stone pillars. They stood for the 12 tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:6

Use stones you find in the fields to build his altar. Then offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.