Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

King James Version

An 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.

Holman Bible

“You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered.

International Standard Version

You are to make an altar of earth for me, and you are to sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep, and your cattle. Everywhere I cause my name to be remembered, I'll come to you and bless you.

A Conservative Version

An altar of earth thou shall make to me, and shall sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to thee and I will bless thee.

American Standard Version

An 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 every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

Amplified

You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause My Name to be recorded and remembered [through revelation of My divine nature] I will come to you and bless you.

Bible in Basic English

Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

Darby Translation

An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me, and shalt sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep and thine oxen: in all places where I shall make my name to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and bless thee.

Julia Smith Translation

An altar of earth shalt thou make to me, and sacrifice upon it thy burnt-offering and thy peace, and thy sheep and thy cattle: and in every place where I shall cause my name to be remembered, I will come to thee and bless thee.

King James 2000

An altar of earth you shall make for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto you, and I will bless you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

An altar of earth you will make for me, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Modern King James verseion

You shall make an altar of earth to Me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In all places where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and thereon offer thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, and thy sheep and thine oxen. And in all places where I shall put the remembrance of my name, thither I will come unto thee and bless thee.

NET Bible

You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

New Heart English Bible

You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

The Emphasized Bible

An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending-sacrifices and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee and will bless thee.

Webster

An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee.

World English Bible

You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

Youngs Literal Translation

'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
An altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

of earth
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

unto me, and shalt sacrifice
זבח 
Zabach 
Usage: 134

עולה עלה 
`olah 
Usage: 288

שׁלם 
Shelem 
Usage: 87

צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

and thine oxen
בּקר 
Baqar 
Usage: 183

in all places
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

my name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

I will come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

unto thee, and I will bless
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

Context Readings

Instructions For Building Altars

23 Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me. 24 You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones. This is because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:5

You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Enjoy yourselves in the presence of Jehovah your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place Jehovah your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.

Deuteronomy 26:2

Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.

2 Chronicles 6:6

Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:11

It will happen in the place Jehovah choose for his name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you. Bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings that you will vow to Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 14:23

You shall eat in the presence of Jehovah your God, at the place where He chooses to establish his name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to respect Jehovah your God always.

1 Kings 8:29

Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.

1 Kings 9:3

Jehovah said: I have heard your prayers and your supplication you made. I have made this house holy. I put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

2 Chronicles 7:16

I have chosen and declared this Temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. He was forty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose from all the tribes of Israel, and the city where Jehovah put his name. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

Ezra 6:12

May the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order. Let it be done with all care.

Nehemiah 1:9

If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.'

Psalm 74:7

They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your name.

Numbers 6:24-27

Jehovah will bless you and watch over you.'

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the place Jehovah your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you, you may slaughter an animal from the herds or flocks that Jehovah has given you. Eat as much as you want in your city. I have commanded you to do this.

Deuteronomy 16:5-6

You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns Jehovah your God is giving you.

1 Kings 8:43

Listen to him and give him his desire. Let all the peoples of the earth know about your name. Let them worship you as your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have built is truly named by your name.

Psalm 132:13-14

Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.

Jeremiah 7:10-12

Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'

Malachi 1:11

Where ever the sun rises and sets my name will be great among the people of the nations. Incense will be offered to my name everywhere. It will be a pure offering! For my name will be great among the nations, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Matthew 18:20

Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.

John 4:20-24

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Deuteronomy 7:13

He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers.

Leviticus 1:1-17

Jehovah (YHWH) called to Moses. He spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, He said:

Leviticus 3:1-17

If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of cattle in Jehovah's presence, it must be a male or female animal that has no defects.

2 Samuel 6:12

King David was told: Jehovah has blessed Obed Edom's home and everything he owns because of the Ark of God. Then David joyfully went to get the Ark of God from Obed Edom's house and bring it to the City of David.

Psalm 76:2

His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem). His dwelling place also is in Zion.

Psalm 78:68

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion he loved.

Psalm 128:5

May Jehovah bless you from Zion so that you may see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life.

Psalm 134:3

May Jehovah bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth.

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

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