So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near Mamre’s big trees. This was near the city of Hebron. At that place Abram built an altar [78] for worshiping the Lord.
Genesis 8:20 - Easy To Read Version Then Noah built an altar [55] to the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals, [56] and Noah burned them on the altar as a gift to God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean [four-footed] animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. American Standard Version (1901) And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. Common English Bible Noah built an altar to the LORD. He took some of the clean large animals and some of the clean birds, and placed entirely burned offerings on the altar. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar. |
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near Mamre’s big trees. This was near the city of Hebron. At that place Abram built an altar [78] for worshiping the Lord.
This was the place Abram had built an altar. [77] So Abram worshiped the Lord at this place.
Then God said, “Take your son to the land of Moriah. At Moriah kill your son as a sacrifice [118] for me. This must be Isaac, your only son—the son you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which mountain.”
They came to the place where God told them to go. There, Abraham built an altar. [123] Abraham laid the wood on the altar. Then Abraham tied his son Isaac. Abraham laid Isaac on the altar on the wood.
So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord in that place. Isaac set up camp there and his servants dug a well.
Jacob built an altar there to worship God. Jacob named the place “El, the God of Israel.”
God said to Jacob, “Go to the town of Bethel. [200] Live there and make an altar [201] for worship. Remember El, [202] the God who appeared [203] to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau. Make your altar to worship that God there.”
Jacob built an altar [205] there. Jacob named the place “El Bethel.” Jacob chose this name because that is the place God first appeared to him when he was running from his brother.
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of every kind of clean animal. [49] And get one pair (one male and one female) of every other animal on the earth. Lead all these animals into the boat with you.
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.
All the animals, everything that crawls, and every bird left the boat. All the animals came out of the boat in family groups.
Job got up early in the morning after his children had a party. He offered a burnt offering for each of his children. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so his children would be forgiven of their sins.
Moses said, “{Not only will we take our sheep and cattle with us, but when we leave,} even you will give us offerings and sacrifices [59] for us to use in worshiping the Lord our God!
Then burn everything on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Its smell will please the Lord.
Then take these things from Aaron and his sons and put them on the altar [272] with the ram. Then burn everything on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Its smell will please the Lord.
So brothers and sisters, I beg you to do something. God has shown us great mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice {\cf2\super [130]} to God. Your offering must be only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual way for you to worship (serve) God.
We have a sacrifice. {\cf2\super [173]} And those priests who serve in the Holy Tent {\cf2\super [174]} cannot eat from our sacrifice.
You also are like living stones. God is using you to build a spiritual temple. {\cf2\super [14]} You are to serve God in that temple as holy {\cf2\super [15]} priests. You are to give spiritual sacrifices {\cf2\super [16]} to God that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.
But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.