If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated.

Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it.

so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

And an agent of Lord became visible to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation.

For, passing through and examining your religious objects, I also found an altar on which had been engraved, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye worship unknowingly, him I proclaim to you.

Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?

Look at Israel according to flesh. Those who eat the sacrifices, are they not partakers of the altar?

For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man has attended to the altar.

We have an altar from which they have no right to eat, those officiating at the tabernacle.

Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of the Lamb that they held.

And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne.

And the agent who took the censer, also filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth. And there occurred thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

And there was given me a reed similar to a rod, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

And another agent came out from the altar having power over the fire. And he cried out in a great shout to him who has the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the grapevine of the earth, be

And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, TRUE and righteous are thy judgments.