22 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

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordStandingGod Appearinggabriel

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainMartyrdom Of The SaintsNamed Prophets Of The LordMartyrdom

For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?

Verse ConceptsAltarsOfferingsPermitted To Eat OfferingsServingLiveMinistryServing The ChurchWaiting Till Marriageworkingzealotspriests

Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

Verse ConceptsOffering SacrificesSharing Material ThingsPermitted To Eat Offerings

For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestArk Of The Covenant, FunctionMannaStaffTabletsCensersOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The TabernaclTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiWeed

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

Verse ConceptsAncestorsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesJustified By WorksWorks Of Faith

Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

Verse ConceptsThroneTypes Of ChristAltars, In HeavenAltar Of IncenseCensersAngels Doing God's Work

Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesLightningSymbolsThunderCensersFire From HeavenAltars, In HeavenAstronomical SignsThunder Showing God's Presence

Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Verse ConceptsHornsAltars, In HeavenFour HornsFractions, One SixthSeven TrumpetsSixth

Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodReedsWeights And Measures, LinearWorship, Times ForAltars, In HeavenRodsPlans For A New TempleWorshipping Godmeasurement

Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, And SalvationAltars, In HeavenSharp ToolsTreading GrapesShout Of GodAngels Doing God's Work

And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

Verse ConceptsTruthLordship, Human And DivineAltars, In HeavenThe Almighty

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