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But the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring." So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped Him.

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamBindingPutting In OrderBuilding AltarsFirewoodTying Up

When you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to cover them with plaster. Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God-you must not use any iron tool on them. Use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God and offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God on it. read more.
There you are to sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat, and rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God.

At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the Lord, the God of Israel, just as Moses the Lord's servant had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used. Then they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings on it. There on the stones, Joshua copied the law of Moses, which he had written in the presence of the Israelites.

And he set up an altar there and called it “God, the God of Israel.” Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

God said to Jacob, "Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone." read more.
Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem. When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob's sons. So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.


And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and 12 pillars for the 12 tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain. Verse ConceptsAltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeySeven AnimalsSeven ThingsBuilding Altars

So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

Elijah took 12 stones-according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, "Israel will be your name"- and he built an altar with the stones in the name of Yahweh. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.

Gad came to David that day and said to him, "Go up and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." David went up in obedience to Gad's command, just as the Lord had commanded.

When they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh built a large, impressive altar there by the Jordan. Verse ConceptsAltars, Built ByFractions, One HalfBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar: It is a witness between us that the Lord is God. Verse ConceptsThe Lord Is GodThings As WitnessesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

Build a well-constructed altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down." So Gideon took 10 of his male servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city to do it in the daytime, he did it at night.

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstAltars, Built ByAltarsAltars To The LordFirst ActionsBuilding Altars

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there. Verse ConceptsHomeAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

So he built an altar there, called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s slaves also dug a well there. Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation


Then they came back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

People came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast number from beyond the Dead Sea and from Edom has come to fight against you; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi). Verse ConceptsMany Combatants

The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them. Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, and he led Judah astray. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual Harlotry

He made high places in every city of Judah to offer incense to other gods, and he provoked the Lord, the God of his ancestors. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesProvoking GodShrinesTown

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and set up priests from every class of people who were not Levites. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesPriests, Institution In Ot Times

The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites, on the hill across from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

Please let us travel through your land. We won’t travel through any field or vineyard, or drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway; we won’t turn to the right or the left until we have traveled through your territory.’” Verse ConceptsHighwayPassing ThroughRoadsVineyardWellsNot Turning AsideMan Providing Water

“Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.” Verse ConceptsHighwayPassing ThroughVineyardWellsMan Providing Water

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