Exodus 27:1

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And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Altar of shittim wood

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Altar of shittim wood

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.

Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain, and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel:

And he made the altar for the ascending-sacrifice of acacia wood, - five cubits, the length thereof and, five cubits, the breadth thereof foursquare, and, three cubits, the height thereof.

And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils, - and hallow the altar, so shall the altar be most holy:

And Gad came unto David, on that day, - and said unto him - Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

And he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits, the length thereof, and, twenty cubits, the breadth thereof, - and, ten cubits, the height thereof.

And these, shall be the measures of the altar, in cubits, a cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth; and the hollow, shall be a cubit, and a cubit the breadth, and the boundary thereof unto the edge thereof round about shall he a single span. And this, shall he the upper part of the altar,

We have an altar - to eat out of which, they, have no right, who in the tent are doing divine service;