22 occurrences

'Altar' in the Bible

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’

You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it.

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’

For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?

Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”

And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

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אראיל 
'ari'eyl 
Usage: 2

מדבּח 
Madbach (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

βῶμος 
Bomos 
Usage: 1

θυσιαστήριον 
Thusiasterion 
Usage: 16

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