The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
Exodus 20:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If you make a stone altar for me, do not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you will make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone, for if you lift up a tool upon it you have polluted it. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Common English Bible But if you do make for me an altar from stones, don’t build it with chiseled stone since using your chisel on the stone will make it impure. Catholic Public Domain Version And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled. |
The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
‘Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain.
There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each eighty centimetres long, eighty centimetres wide, and fifty-three centimetres high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.
just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used. Then they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings on it.