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.

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

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was slain between the altar and the temple: verily I tell you, It shall be required of this generation.

For as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I preach unto you.

Know ye not that they who are employed about the holy things, are fed from the temple? and they who serve at the altar, partake with the altar?

Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not they who eat of the sacrifices partakers with the altar?

For he to whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, in which no man approached the altar.

We have an altar, of which they have no right to eat, who perform the service in the tabernacle.

Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he 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 slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.

And another angel came, and stood by the altar, holding a golden censer; and there were given to him many perfumes, to offer with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a great voice from the four horns of the altar of gold which is before God,

AND there was given me a cane like a measuring staff; and the angel stood by, saying, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship therein.

And another angel came forth from the altar, having authority over fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him who held the sharp sickle, saying, Put in thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her clusters are ripe.

And I heard another angel from the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and just are thy judgments.