Deuteronomy 27:5

New King James Version

And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Exodus 20:25

And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:6

You shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.