KJV King James Version
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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Exodus 20:24
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
ASV American Standard Version
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.
Surrounding context — Exodus 20
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].
22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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מִזְבַּ֣חH4196 · miz.be.achaltarאֲדָמָה֮H127 · a.da.mahland: soilתַּעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלִּי֒H9030 · nimeוְזָבַחְתָּ֣H2076 · za.vachto sacrificeעָלָ֗יוH5921 · aluponאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙H5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁלָמֶ֔יךָH8002 · she.lempeace offeringאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צֹֽאנְךָ֖H6629 · tsonflockוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּקָרֶ֑ךָH1241 · ba.qarcattleבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהַמָּקוֹם֙H4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאַזְכִּ֣ירH2142 · za.kharto rememberאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמִ֔יH8034 · shemnameאָב֥וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֶ֖יךָH413 · elto(wards)וּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ׃H1288 · ba.rakhto bless
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:2 Chronicles 7:16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.Deuteronomy 16:11And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.Deuteronomy 26:2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.2 Chronicles 12:13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.Numbers 6:24-27The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:Ezra 6:12And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.1 Kings 8:29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Deuteronomy 16:5-6Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:Deuteronomy 14:23And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.John 4:20-24Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.1 Kings 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.Psalm 74:7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
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