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

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

And whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

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

Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things upon it.

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

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

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I to you.

Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live from the things of the temple, and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they who eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?

For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

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

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

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

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

And there was given me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.

And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.