Topic
Altars
57 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 8:20Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Noah
¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 12:7Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Abraham
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Genesis 12:8Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Abraham
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:18Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Abraham
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- Genesis 22:9Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Abraham
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Genesis 26:25Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Isaac
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
- Genesis 33:20Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jacob
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:1Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jacob
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Genesis 35:3Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jacob
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
- Genesis 35:7Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jacob
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- Exodus 17:15Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Moses
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
- Exodus 20:24Torrey Designed for sacrifice
¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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- Exodus 20:25 Torrey To be made of earth, or unhewn stone
- Exodus 20:26 Torrey Were not to have steps up to them
- Exodus 21:14 Torrey Afforded no protection to murderers
- Exodus 24:4 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Moses
- Exodus 27:1–8 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — For burnt-offering
- Exodus 30:1–6 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — For incense
- Exodus 34:13 Torrey For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed
- Numbers 23:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Balaam
- Numbers 23:14 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Balaam
- Numbers 23:29 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Balaam
- Deuteronomy 7:5 Torrey For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed
- Deuteronomy 16:21 Torrey The Jews not to plant groves near
- Deuteronomy 27:5 Torrey To be made of earth, or unhewn stone
- Deuteronomy 27:6 Torrey To be made of earth, or unhewn stone
- Deuteronomy 27:8 Torrey Probable origin of inscriptions on
- Joshua 8:30 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Joshua
- Joshua 8:31 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Joshua
- Joshua 22:10 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Reubenites, &c east of Jordan
- Judges 6:19–21 Torrey Natural rocks sometimes used as
- Judges 6:26 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Gideon
- Judges 6:27 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Gideon
- Judges 6:30 Torrey Idolaters planted groves near
- Judges 13:19 Torrey Natural rocks sometimes used as
- Judges 13:20 Torrey Natural rocks sometimes used as
- Judges 21:4 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the people of Israel
- 1 Samuel 7:17 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Samuel
- 2 Samuel 24:21 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of David
- 2 Samuel 24:25 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of David
- 1 Kings 1:50 Torrey Protection afforded by
- 1 Kings 1:51 Torrey Protection afforded by
- 1 Kings 2:18–34 Torrey Afforded no protection to murderers
- 1 Kings 12:33 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jeroboam at Bethel
- 1 Kings 16:32 Torrey Idolaters planted groves near
- 1 Kings 16:33 Torrey Idolaters planted groves near
- 2 Kings 16:10–12 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Ahaz
- 2 Kings 21:3 Torrey Idolaters planted groves near
- 2 Kings 23:12 Torrey For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the temple of Solomon
- 2 Chronicles 4:19 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the temple of Solomon
- Ezra 3:2 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the second temple
- Ezra 3:3 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the second temple
- Isaiah 65:3 Torrey Of brick, hateful to God
- Jeremiah 19:13 Torrey For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses
- Jeremiah 32:29 Torrey For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses
- Acts 17:23 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the Athenians
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 58 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Designed for sacrifice Ex 20:24
- To be made of earth, or unhewn stone Ex 20:24,25; De 27:5,6
- Of brick, hateful to God Isa 65:3
- Natural rocks sometimes used as Jud 6:19-21; 13:19,20
- Were not to have steps up to them Ex 20:26
- For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses 2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; 32:29
- Idolaters planted groves near Jud 6:30; 1Ki 16:32,33; 2Ki 21:3
- The Jews not to plant groves near De 16:21
- For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed Ex 34:13; De 7:5
- Probable origin of inscriptions on De 27:8
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of Noah Ge 8:20
- Of Abraham Ge 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9
- Of Isaac Ge 26:25
- Of Jacob Ge 33:20; 35:1,3,7
- Of Moses Ex 17:15; 24:4
- Of Balaam Nu 23:1,14,29
- Of Joshua Jos 8:30,31
- Of the temple of Solomon 2Ch 4:1,19
- Of the second temple Ezr 3:2,3
- Of Reubenites, &c east of Jordan Jos 22:10
- Of Gideon Jud 6:26,27
- Of the people of Israel Jud 21:4
- Of Samuel 1Sa 7:17
- Of David 2Sa 24:21,25
- Of Jeroboam at Bethel 1Ki 12:33
- Of Ahaz 2Ki 16:10-12
- Of the Athenians Ac 17:23
- For burnt-offering Ex 27:1-8
- For incense Ex 30:1-6
- Protection afforded by 1Ki 1:50,51
- Afforded no protection to murderers Ex 21:14; 1Ki 2:18-34
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.