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Exodus 20:25 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 25
And 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.Exodus 20:25 · King James Version
Exodus 20:25 in context
23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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.
26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- stoneʼebena stoneH68 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- stonegâzîythsomething cutH1496 →
- makeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- toolcherebdroughtH2719 →
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Moses having gone into the thick darkness, where God was, God there spoke in his hearing only, privately and without terror, all that follows hence to the end of ch. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments; and he was to transmit it by word of mouth first, and afterwards in writing, to the people.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-26