...: 25. In Ex. 20: 25 it is said : "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone ; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it." The preparation of hewn stone is represented in a tomb at Thebes — *P-7. t Vol. 1. p. 388. some workmen...

...bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me on Altar \>f stone, thou shall not build it of hewn stone : fur e a place whither he shall flee : 14 But if a man 26 Neither ehalt thou go up by steps unto mine Altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon....

...decoration. " Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones; thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it." Nor is every thing which is contained in the scripture itself, for this reason, essential to religion....

...unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon....

...present their offerings. "And if," said God, "thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shall not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.'1 To human view a splendid, polished stone altar, would have been better adapted to the worship...

...* We read in Exodus, chap. 20, " If thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shall not build it nf hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast pulluted it." ll the flowing of the blood, they presage what will come to pass." They led him to the...

...— such an altar the Deity commanded, " If thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it." The black mould and ashes, commonly dug up about these cromlechs, confirm the idea of their use as...

...— such an altar the Deity commanded, " If thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it." The black mould and ashes, commonly dug up about these cromlechs, confirm the idea of their use as...

...of earth shalt thou make unto me; and if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it," Exod. xx. 24, 25. Fourthly, if the reader will consult the context concerning this meat-offering with...

...unto thee, and I will bless thee. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : for, if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon" (Exod....