Then Noah built an altar to the  Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.

Then Noah built an altar to the  Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

The  Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the  Lord, who had appeared to him.

Then the  Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the  Lord, who had appeared to him.

From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the  Lord and called on the name of the  Lord.

From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the  Lord and called upon the name of the  Lord.

and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the  Lord.

to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the  Lord.

So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the  Lord.

So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the  Lord.

When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the  Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the  Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Then God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.’

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’

Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Moses built an altar and called it The  Lord is my Banner.

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The  Lord Is My Banner,

‘“Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honoured, I will come to you and bless you.

An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.

If you make me an altar of stone you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.”

And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’

But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Moses then wrote down everything the  Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

And Moses wrote down all the words of the  Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.

And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.

‘Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.

And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.

And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried.

And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die.

‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants.

and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.

Take some of the bull’s blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.

Then take all the fat on the internal organs, the covering of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

Slaughter it and take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar.

and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.

Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the  Lord, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the  Lord.

and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the  Lord. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the  Lord.

Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash blood against the sides of the altar.

and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. Then he and his sons and their garments will be consecrated.

Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the  Lord, a food offering presented to the  Lord.

Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the  Lord. It is a food offering to the  Lord.

Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.

and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.

For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.

Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

‘This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old.

“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.

‘So I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.

‘Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

“You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

‘Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.

And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,

He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so that incense will burn regularly before the  Lord for the generations to come.

and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the  Lord throughout your generations.

‘Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

“You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the  Lord,

When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the  Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,

and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.

and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.

the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense,

the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand –

and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand,

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, ‘Tomorrow there will be a festival to the  Lord.’

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the  Lord.”

Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.

You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim

the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

and the altar of incense, with its poles and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;

the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand;

the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand;

They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high – its horns of one piece with it.

He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.

They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.

He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.

They made all its utensils of bronze – its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.

And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.

They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.

And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.

They inserted the poles into the rings so they would be on the sides of the altar for carrying it. They made it hollow, out of boards.

And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils,

with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,

the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent;

the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand;

Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

‘Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;

You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.

and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.

You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, so that the altar may become most holy.

Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain

He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,