Therefore if you present your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing! But whoever swears by the gift [that is] on it is bound [by his oath].'

Blind [people]! For which [is] greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy

Therefore the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything [that is] on it.

so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation!

For [as I] was passing through and observing carefully your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, 'To an unknown God.' Therefore what you worship without knowing [it], this I proclaim to you--

Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, [and] those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?

Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not the ones who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

For the one about whom these [things] are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.

containing the golden incense altar and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which [were] a golden jar containing the manna and the rod of Aaron that budded and the tablets of the covenant.

We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works [when he] offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,

And another angel who had a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and a large amount of incense was given to him, in order that he could offer the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that [is] before the throne.

And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar and threw [it] to the earth, and there were thunders and sounds and lightnings and an earthquake.

And the sixth angel blew the trumpet, and I heard one voice from the horns of the golden altar [that is] before God

And a measuring rod similar in appearance to a staff was given to me, saying, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it.

And another angel who had authority over the fire [went out] from the altar, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send out your sharp sickle and harvest the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are at their prime!"

And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God All-Powerful, true and righteous [are] your judgments."