Deuteronomy 27:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And you shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones on which you have not used an iron tool.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

The house was built with stone finished at the quarry so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Exodus 20:25

But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning, built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:6

You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God;