Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember, that thy brother hath ought against thee,

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

And whosoever shall swear by the altar, ye say, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound.

Ye fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon.

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.