So if, in the very act of presenting your gift at the altar, you remember that your brother has something against you,

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

You say, 'Whoever swears by the altar is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the offering on the altar is duty-bound!'

You blind men! which is greater, the offering, or the altar that makes the offering sacred?

So whoever swears by the altar swears by everything on it;

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

In the meantime, an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense.

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

For as I was going here and there and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' So it is about the Being whom you are in ignorance already worshiping that I am telling you.

Do you not know that those who do the work about the temple get their living from the temple, and those who constantly attend on the altar share its offerings?

Look at the Israelites in their practices. Are not those who eat the sacrifices in spiritual fellowship with the altar?

For He of whom this is said became a member of a different tribe no member of which ever officiated at the altar.

with its golden incense-altar and the chest for the covenant, completely covered with gold, and in it a golden jar which held the manna, Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets on which the covenant was written;

We Christians have an altar at which the ministers of the Jewish tent of worship have no right to eat.

Was not our forefather Abraham shown to be upright by his good deeds, namely, by offering Isaac his son upon the altar?

When He broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for being faithful to God's message and for the testimony they bore to it.

Then another angel with a censer of gold came and stood at the altar, and a great quantity of incense was given to him to mingle with the prayers of all God's people, on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and flung it to the earth, and there followed peals of thunder with its rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the corners of the altar of gold that was before God

Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told: "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar, counting those who worship there,

And another angel came from the altar, who had power over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put forth your sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are fully ripe."

And I heard the altar say, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just."