6 occurrences

'Altar' in the Bible

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Verse ConceptsPeople Rememberingthe Gifts of GodForgiving Others Who Hurt YouPurgatory

And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it.

Verse ConceptsSwearing BySwearing

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple 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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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אראיל 
'ari'eyl 
Usage: 2

מדבּח 
Madbach (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

βῶμος 
Bomos 
Usage: 1

θυσιαστήριον 
Thusiasterion 
Usage: 16

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