Exo 20:25, Deu 27:5-6 | ESV | STEP | 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.

Exodus 20:25

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

Deuteronomy 27:5-6

5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. ^cYou shall wield no iron tool on them; 6 you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut ^{▼▼Hebrew whole} stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,