"So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

Again you say, "Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.'

You blind men! Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

Therefore, the one who swears an oath by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the incense altar.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!

For as I was walking around and looking closely at the objects you worship, I even found an altar with this written on it: "To an unknown god.' So I am telling you about the unknown object you worship.

You know that those who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who serve at the altar get their share of its offerings, don't you?

Look at the Israelis from a human point of view. Those who eat the sacrifices share in what is on the altar, don't they?

For the person we are talking about belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.

which had the gold altar for incense and the Ark of the Covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the Tablets of the Covenant.

We have an altar, and those who serve in the tent have no right to eat at it.

Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn't he?

When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.

Another angel came with a gold censer and stood at the altar. He was given a large quantity of incense to offer on the gold altar before the throne, along with the prayers of all the saints.

The angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there were peals of thunder, noises, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God.

Then I was given a stick like a measuring rod. I was told, "Stand up and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.

From the altar came another angel who had authority over fire. He called out in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Swing your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the vine of the earth, because those grapes are ripe."

Then I heard the altar reply, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and just."