If therefore thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

And again, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, it is binding.

Ye fools and blind! which is the greater, the gift, or the altar which consecrates the gift?

Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which hath been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.