Deuteronomy 27:4-5

The Altar on Mount Ebal

4 And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, v on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. 5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. w You shall wield no iron tool on them;

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:29
    And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
    Joshua 8:30
    At that time Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 20:25
    If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.
    Joshua 8:31
    Just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, "an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.
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