Deuteronomy 27:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.

KJV

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

WEB

There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them.

ASV

And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.

LSV

and built an altar there to your God YHWH, an altar of stones; you do not wave iron over them.

YLT

and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.

DBY

And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron [tool] upon them;Elohim

DRC

And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched,

GNV

And there shalt thou build vnto the Lord thy God an altar, euen an altar of stones: thou shalt lift none yron instrument vpon them.

JPS

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.

LXXE

And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up iron upon it.

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WLC

וּבָנִ֤יתָ שָּׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ מִזְבַּ֣ח אֲבָנִ֔ים לֹא־תָנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם בַּרְזֶֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ οἰκοδομήσεις ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου, θυσιαστήριον ἐκ λίθων· οὐκ ἐπιβαλεῖς ἐπʼ αὐτὸ σίδηρον·

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• Exodus 20:25Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
• Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Kings 18:31–32And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD.…
• Joshua 8:30–31At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of…

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