Exodus 20:25

WEB

²⁵If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

KJV

²⁵And 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.

BSB

²⁵Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

FBV

²⁵Now if you make an altar out of stones for me, you must not build it with cut stones, because if you use a chisel to cut the stone, you make it unholy.

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Extra References

Joshua 8:31

³¹as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones, on which no one had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings.

Deuteronomy 27:5-6

⁵There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them. ⁶You shall build the LORD your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.