For the House, while being constructed, was built of stone finished at the quarry; with neither hammer, axe nor any iron tool heard in the House during its construction.
Deuteronomy 27:5 - Tree of Life Version There also you will build an altar to Adonai your God, an altar of stones—you are not to use an 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, |
For the House, while being constructed, was built of stone finished at the quarry; with neither hammer, axe nor any iron tool heard in the House during its construction.
When you make for Me an altar of stones, do not build it from cut stone, for if you use a tool on it, you will have profaned it.
So Moses wrote down all the words of Adonai, then rose up early in the morning, and built an altar below the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
You are to build the altar of Adonai your God of whole stones, and you are to offer up burnt offerings on it to Adonai your God.