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Altars
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
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