Deuteronomy 27:6
Good News Translation
because any altar you build for the LORD your God must be made of uncut stones. There you are to offer the sacrifices that are to be burned,

New Revised Standard Version
You must build the altar of the LORD your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God,

Contemporary English Version
Look for stones that can be used without being cut. Then offer sacrifices to please the LORD, burning them completely on the altar.

New American Bible
You shall build this altar of the LORD, your God, with unhewn stones, and shall offer on it burnt offerings to the LORD, your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:

burnt offerings

Leviticus 1:1-17 And the Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony, saying: . . .

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

Context
The Altar on Mount Ebal
5And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched, 6And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:7And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:25
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.

Deuteronomy 27:5
And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched,

Deuteronomy 27:7
And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God.

1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

Deuteronomy 27:5
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