The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Deuteronomy 27:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) There shall you build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. American Standard Version (1901) And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. Common English Bible and build an altar there for the LORD your God—an altar of stones that haven’t been cut with iron tools. Catholic Public Domain Version and you shall build, in that place, an altar to the Lord your God out of stones which have not been touched by iron, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched, |
The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
Moshe wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Yisra'el.
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to the LORD your God: