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Then the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land." And he built an altar there unto the LORD which appeared to him. Then departed he thence unto a mountain that lieth on the east side of Bethel and pitched his tent - Bethel being on the west side, and Ai on the east - and he built there an altar unto the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

Then Abram took down his tent, and went and dwelled in the oak grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and built there an altar to the LORD. Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

And when they came unto the place which God showed him, Abraham made an altar there and dressed the wood, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, above upon the wood. Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamBindingPutting In OrderBuilding AltarsFirewoodTying Up

When ye be come over Jordan, see that ye set up these stones which I command you this day in mount Ebal, and plaster them with plaster. And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them. But thou shalt make the altar of the LORD thy God of rough stones and offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God. read more.
And thou shalt offer peace offerings and shalt eat there and rejoice before the LORD thy God.

Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, according as it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of rough stone over which no tool of iron was lifted. And they sacrificed thereon burnt sacrifice, and offered peace offerings. And he wrote there, upon the stones, the second law of Moses which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

And he made there an altar, and there called upon the mighty God of Israel. Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

And God said unto Jacob, "Arise and get thee up to Bethel, and dwell there. And make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother." Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments, and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went." read more.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were under their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak at Shechem. And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob. So came Jacob to Luz in the land of Canaan, otherwise called Bethel, with all the people that was with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.


Then Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early and made an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel, Verse ConceptsAltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

And Balaam said unto Balak, "Build me here seven altars and provide here seven oxen and seven rams." Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeySeven AnimalsSeven ThingsBuilding Altars

And he brought him into a plain field where men might see far, even to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered an ox and a ram on every altar. Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And Balaam said unto Balak, "Make me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams." Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven Things

And he took twelve stones according to the number of the twelve tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came saying, "Israel shall be thy name." And with the stones he made an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a gutter round about the altar, able to receive two pecks of corn.

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

And when they came unto the coasts of Jordan that lie in the land of Canaan: there the children of Ruben, the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, built an altar fast by Jordan, and that a great altar to see to. Verse ConceptsAltars, Built ByFractions, One HalfBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

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

and make an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock and furnish it. And take the second ox and offer burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove, which thou shalt have cut down." Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD bade him. But because he durst not do it by day for fear of his father's household and of the men of the city, he did it by night.

And Saul made an altar unto the LORD. And that was the first altar that he made unto the LORD. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstAltars, Built ByAltarsAltars To The LordFirst ActionsBuilding Altars

for there was his house, and there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar unto the LORD. Verse ConceptsHomeAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

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


And then turned they and came to the well of judgment which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwell in Hazezon-Tamar.

And there came that told Jehoshaphat, saying, "There cometh a great multitude against thee from the other side the sea out of Syria. And see, they be in Hazazontamar," which is Engedi. Verse ConceptsMany Combatants

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

And he went and built the hill altars again, which Hezekiah his father had destroyed. And he reared up altars to Baal and made groves, as did Ahab king of Israel. And he bowed himself unto all the host of heaven and served them. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

For he went to and built again the hill altars which Hezekiah his father had broken down. And he reared up altars unto Baals and made groves and bowed himself unto all the host of heaven and served them. Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

Moreover, he made hill altars in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabiters of Jerusalem to commit adultery, and he thrust Judah out of the way. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual Harlotry

And in all the cities of Judah, city by city, he made hill altars to burn incense unto other gods, and angered the LORD God of his fathers. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesProvoking GodShrinesTown

For they also made them hill altars and images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree. Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

And he made houses of hill altars, and made, of the lowest of the people, priests which were not of the sons of Levi. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesPriests, Institution In Ot Times

And the children of Israel wrapped themselves in things that were not well toward the LORD their God. And they built them Hill altars in all their cities, both in the towers where they kept watch and also in the strong towns. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

After that, Solomon built an altar for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites in the hill that standeth before Jerusalem, and unto Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

let us go a good fellowship through thy country: we will not go through the fields nor through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the fountains: but we will go by the highway and neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy country." Verse ConceptsHighwayPassing ThroughRoadsVineyardWellsNot Turning AsideMan Providing Water

"Let us go through thy land; We will not turn into thy fields nor into thy vineyards, neither drink of the water of the wells: but we will go along by the common way, until we be past thy country." Verse ConceptsHighwayPassing ThroughVineyardWellsMan Providing Water