Deuteronomy 27:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall lift up no iron tool upon them.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron 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 stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane 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 an altar to the Lord your God of unhewn stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God;