Exodus 20:24-25

24An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. aIn every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bbless you. 25 cIf you make me an altar of stone, dyou shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

Exodus 24:4-5

4And eMoses 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 fpillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.
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