6 occurrences

'Altar' in the Bible

So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

Verse ConceptsPeople Rememberingthe Gifts of GodForgiving Others Who Hurt YouPurgatory

Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.

Verse ConceptsSwearing BySwearing

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you 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

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