Deuteronomy 27:5

and you shall build, in that place, an altar to the Lord your God out of stones which have not been touched by iron,

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Therefore, when you have crossed over the Jordan, erect the stones, just as I instruct you to do this day, on Mount Ebal. And you shall coat them with plaster,

6out of stones which have not been hewn or polished. And you shall offer holocausts on it to the Lord your God.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:4Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And rising up in the morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 18:31And he took twelve stones, in accord with the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:2-11

The Exhibition of the Law. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land… Read the whole commentary →

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