Thematic Bible: Altar


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And it came to pass the same night, that LORD said to him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it. Verse ConceptsShrinesAltarsDestruction Of Satan's WorksAnimals At Specific Agesgideon

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in B Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8the anniversary Feasts

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenAltars, PaganBuilding Altarsjezebel

And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about the alt Verse ConceptsLeapingdanceMorning WorshipMorningReligionPeople JumpingOthers Not AnsweringHinduism

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus. And king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtAltars, PaganDesign

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of LORD, the king broke down, and beat [them] down from the Verse ConceptsRoofValleysBuilding AltarsUpper RoomsCourts Of The Temple

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. And he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and bu Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven. And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images s Verse ConceptsCrushingJacob, The PatriarchMineralsStonesServing Asherah

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks, Verse ConceptsBricksGarden, NaturalSacrifice, In OtBurning SacrificesIdolatryGrieving God

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been to him for sinning. Verse ConceptsDebaucheryAltars, PaganGrowth Of EvilAltarsThe Entrance Of Sin

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For, passing through and examining your religious objects, I also found an altar on which had been engraved, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye worship unknowingly, him I proclaim to you. Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it. And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before LORD throughout your generations. Ye shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering. And ye shall pour no drink-offering on it. read more.
And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to LORD.

And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels of it, and the candlestick and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense,

and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as LORD commanded Moses.

And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before LORD, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which i Verse ConceptsHornsAltar Of IncenseSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of mee Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The DoorwaySetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

and he killed it. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. Verse ConceptsFingersHornsPouringClean ObjectsApplied With The FingerAtoning By SacrificesKilling Sacrifices

And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, Verse ConceptsFingersHornsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil. Verse ConceptsGrindingIncenseCensersBurning Sacrifices

And he shall go out to the altar that is before LORD, and make atonement for it. And shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. Verse ConceptsHornsPriests Atoning

And every day thou shall offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement. And thou shall cleanse the altar when thou make atonement for it, and thou shall anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days thou shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar. I will also sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest's office. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarSanctification

And thou shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels of it, and the candlestick and the vessels of it, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels of it, and the laver and the base of it.

And thou shall anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar. And the altar shall be most holy. Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsSetting Up The Bronze AltarAnointing Things

And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. And he sprinkled of it upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

An altar of earth thou shall make to me, and shall sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to thee and I will bless thee. And if thou make to me an altar of stone, thou shall not build it of hewn stones, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou have polluted it. Neither shall thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered on it.

And there thou shall build an altar to LORD thy God, an altar of stones. Thou shall lift up no iron upon them. Thou shall build the altar of LORD thy God of unhewn stones. And thou shall offer burnt-offerings on it to LORD thy God. And thou shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there, and thou shall rejoice before LORD thy God.

Then Joshua built an altar to LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of LORD commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron. And they offered burnt-offerings on it to LORD, and s

And thou shall make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans; all the vessels of it thou shall make of brass. And thou shall make for it a grating of network of brass, and upon the network thou shall make four brazen rings in the four corners of it. And thou shall put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the network may reach halfway up the altar. read more.
And thou shall make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. And the staves of it shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.

And he made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans. All the vessels of it he made of brass. And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. read more.
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand, and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot. All that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took with it. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And thou shall set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The DoorwaySetting Up The Bronze Altar

And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering, as LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingSacrifices At The DoorwaySetting Up The Bronze AltarMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

And he brought me into the inner court of LORD's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of LORD, and their faces toward Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionBowingThe SunPollutionsAnimismTurning One's BackFacing EastBowing To False GodsTwenty SomeWorship Of The SunCourts Of The TempleSunWorshiping GodSunshinefootballapostasyislam

Seven days thou shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy. Verse ConceptsTouchSeven DaysTouching Holy ThingsAtoning By SacrificesSanctification

And thou shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. Verse ConceptsTouchTouching Holy Things

And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated. Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD. And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar.

And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold, Verse ConceptsTablesGold Items For The Tabernacl

and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight, and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of LORD. Verse ConceptsWingsCherubim, As DecorationsHeavenly Chariots

And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, thou shall take him from my altar, that he may die. Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifePresumptuous PlansDeath Penalty For Killing

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon. And he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length of it, and five cubits the breadth of it, foursquare, and three cubits the height of it. And he made the horns of it upon the four corners of it. The horns of it were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans. All the vessels of it he made of brass. read more.
And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple Furniture

And LORD appeared to Abram, and said, I will give this land to thy seed. And there he built an altar to LORD, who appeared to him. And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to LORD, and called upon the name of LORD.

And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to LORD. Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamBindingPutting In OrderBuilding AltarsFirewoodTying Up

And it shall be, when ye have passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shall plaster them with plaster. And there thou shall build an altar to LORD thy God, an altar of stones. Thou shall lift up no iron upon them. Thou shall build the altar of LORD thy God of unhewn stones. And thou shall offer burnt-offerings on it to LORD thy God. read more.
And thou shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there, and thou shall rejoice before LORD thy God.

Then Joshua built an altar to LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of LORD commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron. And they offered burnt-offerings on it to LORD, and s And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the sons of Israel.

the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, Verse ConceptsBronzePolesMeans Of PurifyingSetting Up The Bronze AltarBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of LORD, for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Verse ConceptsCourtyardFatnessGrainSmall ThingsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFat Of The SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsCourts Of The Temple

and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the tent, Verse ConceptsIncenseAltar Of IncenseDrugs

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sea-skin, and shall put in the staves of it. Verse ConceptsAltar Of IncenseAnimal SkinsBlue Cloth

And thou shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, PurposeAtonement, in OTMost Holy PlaceTypesArk Of The Covenant, Names ForAltar Of IncenseTestimoniesMeeting GodPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

And thou shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. Verse ConceptsGoldIncenseTypes Of ChristTestimonies

And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,

And he erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to thee when thou fled from the face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments. And let us arise, and go up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went. read more.
And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that was by Shechem. And they journeyed, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people that were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because God was revealed to him there, when he fled from the face of his brother.


And Moses wrote all the words of LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar below the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Verse ConceptsAltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeySeven AnimalsSeven ThingsBuilding Altars

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams. Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

And the brazen altar, which was before LORD, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of LORD, and put it on the north side of his altar. And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. read more.
And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [the palace], and said, We have cleansed all the house of LORD, and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels of it, and the table of showbread with all the vessels of it. Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign cast away when he trespassed, we have prepared and sanctified. And, behold, they are before the altar of LORD. Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of LORD. read more.
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar So they killed the bullocks. And the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar. And they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. They also killed the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly. And they laid their hands upon them, and the priests killed them. And they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded [that] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.

And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth). The bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span. And this shall be the base And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. And from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. And the upper altar shall be four cubits. And from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. read more.
And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it. And the ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it. And the border about it shall be half a cubit, and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about. And the steps of it shall look toward the ea And he said to me, Son of man, thus says lord LORD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it. Thou shall give to the priests the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says lord LORD, a young bullock for a sin-offering. And thou shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about. Thus thou shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. Thou shall also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. And on the second day thou shall offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering. And they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bullock. When thou have made an end of cleansing it, thou shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. And thou shall bring them near before LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering to LORD. Seven days thou shall prepare each day a goat for a sin-offering. They shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it. So they shall consecrate it. And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings. And I will accept you, says lord LORD.

And he said to me, Son of man, thus says lord LORD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it. Thou shall give to the priests the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says lord LORD, a young bullock for a sin-offering. And thou shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about. Thus thou shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. read more.
Thou shall also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. And on the second day thou shall offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering. And they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bullock. When thou have made an end of cleansing it, thou shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. And thou shall bring them near before LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering to LORD. Seven days thou shall prepare each day a goat for a sin-offering. They shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it. So they shall consecrate it. And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings. And I will accept you, says lord LORD.

And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne. Verse ConceptsThroneTypes Of ChristAltars, In HeavenAltar Of IncenseCensersAngels Doing God's Work

And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God, Verse ConceptsHornsAltars, In HeavenFour HornsFractions, One SixthSeven TrumpetsSixth

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name. And with the stones he built an altar in the name of LORD. And he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as LORD commanded.

And when they came to the region about the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. Verse ConceptsAltars, Built ByFractions, One HalfBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar [Ed]. For, [they said], it is a witness between us that LORD is God. Verse ConceptsThe Lord Is GodThings As WitnessesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder, for they are holy, even the censers of these sinners against their own lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before LORD, therefore they are holy, and they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel. read more.
And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered, and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses.

And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, foursquare, and two cubits was the height of it. The horns of it were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And he made to it a crown of gold round about. And he made for it two golden rings under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves with which to bear it. read more.
And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. read more.
And the ruler of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service of it.

And build an altar to LORD thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shall cut down. Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as LORD had spoken to him. And it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

And they took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered. Verse ConceptsHoly VesselsSacred Vessels

And he built up the altar of LORD, and offered on it sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve LORD, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingThe Altar Of The Lord

And when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, stood up and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings on it as it is written in the law of M And they set the altar upon its base, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries. And they offered burnt-offerings on it to LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. read more.
And they kept the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and [offered] the daily burnt-offerings by number according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required. And afterward the continual burnt-offering, and [the offerings] of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of LORD that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill-offering to LORD. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt-offerings to LORD. But the foundation of the temple of LORD was not yet laid.

LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. Verse ConceptsHolidayHornsGod Giving LightSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBinding As AnimalsRegulating SacrificesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

And thou shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad (the altar shall be foursquare), and the height of it shall be three cubits. And thou shall make the horns of it upon the four corners of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it, and thou shall overlay it with brass. And thou shall make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans; all the vessels of it thou shall make of brass. read more.
And thou shall make for it a grating of network of brass, and upon the network thou shall make four brazen rings in the four corners of it. And thou shall put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the network may reach halfway up the altar. And thou shall make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. And the staves of it shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. Thou shall make it hollow with planks. As it has been shown thee on the mount, so shall they make it.

This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things: When the camp sets forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it. And shall put on it a covering of sea-skin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves of it. read more.
And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out. And the continual bread shall be on it. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sea-skin, and shall put in the staves of it. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it. And they shall put it and all the vessels of it within a covering of sea-skin, and shall put it upon the frame. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sea-skin, and shall put in the staves of it. And they shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sea-skin, and shall put them on the frame. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it. And they shall put upon it all the vessels of it, with which they minister about it: the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar. And they shall spread upon it a covering of sea-skin And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch the sanctuar

And thou shall make an altar to burn incense upon. Thou shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit shall be the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it (it shall be foursquare), and two cubits shall be the height of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it. And thou shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, and the sides of it round about, and the horns of it. And thou shall make to it a crown of gold round about. read more.
And two golden rings thou shall make for it under the crown of it, upon the two ribs of it, upon the two sides of it thou shall make them. And they shall be for places for staves with which to bear it. And thou shall make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

And Saul built an altar to LORD; the same was the first altar that he built to LORD. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstAltars, Built ByAltarsAltars To The LordFirst ActionsBuilding Altars

And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth). The bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span. And this shall be the base Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephra Verse ConceptsReformationBraveryThe Altar Of The LordDestruction Of Satan's WorksImmigrants

And this again ye do: Ye cover the altar of LORD with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he does not regard the offering any more, nor receives it with good will at your hand. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipTearsThe Altar Of The LordNot Pleasing GodFake Friends

And he shall go out to the altar that is before LORD, and make atonement for it. And shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. Verse ConceptsHornsPriests Atoning

And his return was to Ramah, for his house was there. And there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to LORD. Verse ConceptsHomeAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of LORD, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well. Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it. Verse ConceptsBreadthSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar


And thou shall make the horns of it upon the four corners of it. The horns of it shall be of one piece with it, and thou shall overlay it with brass. Verse ConceptsHornsFour HornsOverlaid With BronzeOne Material Thing


And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before LORD, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which i Verse ConceptsHornsAltar Of IncenseSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before LORD, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which i Verse ConceptsHornsAltar Of IncenseSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of mee Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The DoorwaySetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, Verse ConceptsFingersHornsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement. Once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to LORD. Verse ConceptsAtonementExpiationAtonement, in OTWorship, Times ForAaron, As High PriestAltar Of IncenseEvery YearAtoning By Sacrifices

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the blood of it he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. Verse ConceptsSin OfferingApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And the priest shall take of the blood of it with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and all the blood of it he shall pour out at the base of the altar. Verse ConceptsApplied With The FingerSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBase Of Things

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin-offering. Verse ConceptsSprinklingSprinkling BloodBase Of ThingsRegulations For The Sin Offering

And he killed the burnt-offering. And Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about. Verse ConceptsSprinklingSprinkling BloodKilling Sacrifices

Then Joshua built an altar to LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, Verse ConceptsAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar [Ed]. For, [they said], it is a witness between us that LORD is God. Verse ConceptsThe Lord Is GodThings As WitnessesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus. And king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship And Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it until the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar. And the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon. read more.
And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, upon the altar. And the brazen altar, which was before LORD, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of LORD, and put it on the north side of his altar. And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone. And the covered place for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, he turned from the house of LORD, because of the king of Assyria.