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Comments: Joshua's Altar in Mount Ebal

 

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Comments: Altar at Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem

 

From Wikipedia: Altar (Hebrew: מִזְבֵּחַ, mizbeaḥ, "a place of slaughter or sacrifice")[1] in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth (Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone (Exodus 20:25).

Verses:

  • Genesis 8:20
  • Genesis 12:7
  • Genesis 12:8
  • Genesis 13:4
  • Genesis 13:18
  • Genesis 22:9
  • Genesis 26:25
  • Genesis 33:20
  • Genesis 35:1
  • Genesis 35:3
  • Genesis 35:7
  • Exodus 17:15
  • Exodus 20:24
  • Exodus 20:25
  • Exodus 20:26
  • Exodus 21:14
  • Exodus 24:4
  • Exodus 24:6
  • Exodus 32:5
  • Exodus 34:13
  • Exodus 35:15
  • Exodus 35:16
  • Numbers 23:1
  • Numbers 23:2
  • Numbers 23:4
  • Numbers 23:14
  • Numbers 23:29
  • Numbers 23:30
  • Deuteronomy 7:5
  • Deuteronomy 12:3
  • Deuteronomy 27:5
  • Deuteronomy 27:6
  • Joshua 8:30
  • Joshua 8:31
  • Joshua 22:10
  • Joshua 22:11
  • Joshua 22:16
  • Joshua 22:19
  • Joshua 22:23
  • Joshua 22:26
  • Joshua 22:28
  • Joshua 22:29
  • Joshua 22:34
  • Judges 2:2
  • Judges 6:24
  • Judges 6:25
  • Judges 6:26
  • Judges 6:28
  • Judges 6:30
  • Judges 6:31
  • Judges 6:32
  • Judges 13:20
  • Judges 21:4
  • 1 Samuel 7:17
  • 1 Samuel 14:35
  • 2 Samuel 24:18
  • 2 Samuel 24:21
  • 2 Samuel 24:25
  • 1 Kings 1:50
  • 1 Kings 1:51
  • 1 Kings 1:53
  • 1 Kings 2:28
  • 1 Kings 2:29
  • 1 Kings 3:4
  • 1 Kings 6:20
  • 1 Kings 6:22
  • 1 Kings 7:48
  • 1 Kings 8:22
  • 1 Kings 8:31
  • 1 Kings 8:54
  • 1 Kings 8:64
  • 1 Kings 9:25
  • 1 Kings 12:32
  • 1 Kings 12:33
  • 1 Kings 13:1
  • 1 Kings 13:2
  • 1 Kings 13:3
  • 1 Kings 13:4
  • 1 Kings 13:5
  • 1 Kings 13:32
  • 1 Kings 16:32
  • 1 Kings 18:26
  • 1 Kings 18:30
  • 1 Kings 18:32
  • 1 Kings 18:35
  • 1 Kings 19:10
  • 1 Kings 19:14
  • 2 Kings 11:11
  • 2 Kings 11:18
  • 2 Kings 12:9
  • 2 Kings 16:10
  • 2 Kings 16:11
  • 2 Kings 16:12
  • 2 Kings 16:13
  • 2 Kings 16:14
  • 2 Kings 16:15
  • 2 Kings 18:22
  • 2 Kings 21:3
  • 2 Kings 21:4
  • 2 Kings 21:5
  • 2 Kings 23:9
  • 2 Kings 23:12
  • 2 Kings 23:15
  • 2 Kings 23:16
  • 2 Kings 23:17
  • 2 Kings 23:20
  • 1 Chronicles 6:49
  • 1 Chronicles 16:40
  • 1 Chronicles 21:18
  • 1 Chronicles 21:22
  • 1 Chronicles 21:26
  • 1 Chronicles 21:29
  • 1 Chronicles 22:1
  • 1 Chronicles 28:18
  • 2 Chronicles 1:5
  • 2 Chronicles 1:6
  • 2 Chronicles 4:1
  • 2 Chronicles 4:19
  • 2 Chronicles 5:12
  • 2 Chronicles 6:12
  • 2 Chronicles 6:22
  • 2 Chronicles 7:7
  • 2 Chronicles 7:9
  • 2 Chronicles 8:12
  • 2 Chronicles 14:3
  • 2 Chronicles 15:8
  • 2 Chronicles 23:10
  • 2 Chronicles 23:17
  • 2 Chronicles 26:16
  • 2 Chronicles 26:19
  • 2 Chronicles 28:24
  • 2 Chronicles 29:18
  • 2 Chronicles 29:19
  • 2 Chronicles 29:21
  • 2 Chronicles 29:22
  • 2 Chronicles 29:24
  • 2 Chronicles 29:27
  • 2 Chronicles 30:14
  • 2 Chronicles 31:1
  • 2 Chronicles 32:12
  • 2 Chronicles 33:3
  • 2 Chronicles 33:4
  • 2 Chronicles 33:5
  • 2 Chronicles 33:15
  • 2 Chronicles 33:16
  • 2 Chronicles 34:4
  • 2 Chronicles 34:5
  • 2 Chronicles 34:7
  • 2 Chronicles 35:16
  • Ezra 3:2
  • Ezra 3:3
  • Nehemiah 10:34
  • Psalms 26:6
  • Psalms 43:4
  • Psalms 51:19
  • Psalms 84:3
  • Psalms 118:27
  • Isaiah 6:6
  • Isaiah 17:8
  • Isaiah 19:19
  • Isaiah 27:9
  • Isaiah 36:7
  • Isaiah 56:7
  • Isaiah 60:7
  • Jeremiah 11:13
  • Jeremiah 17:1
  • Jeremiah 17:2
  • Lamentations 2:7
  • Ezekiel 6:4
  • Ezekiel 6:5
  • Ezekiel 6:6
  • Ezekiel 6:13
  • Ezekiel 8:5
  • Ezekiel 8:16
  • Ezekiel 9:2
  • Ezekiel 40:46
  • Ezekiel 40:47
  • Ezekiel 41:22
  • Ezekiel 43:13
  • Ezekiel 43:18
  • Ezekiel 43:22
  • Ezekiel 43:26
  • Ezekiel 43:27
  • Ezekiel 45:19
  • Ezekiel 47:1
  • Hosea 8:11
  • Hosea 10:1
  • Hosea 10:2
  • Hosea 10:8
  • Hosea 12:11
  • Joel 1:13
  • Joel 2:17
  • Amos 2:8
  • Amos 3:14
  • Amos 9:1
  • Zechariah 9:15
  • Zechariah 14:20
  • Malachi 1:7
  • Malachi 1:10
  • Malachi 2:13
  • Matthew 5:23
  • Matthew 5:24
  • Matthew 23:18
  • Matthew 23:19
  • Matthew 23:20
  • Matthew 23:35
  • Luke 1:11
  • Luke 11:51
  • Acts 17:23
  • Romans 11:3
  • 1 Corinthians 9:13
  • 1 Corinthians 10:18
  • Hebrews 7:13
  • Hebrews 13:10
  • James 2:21
  • Revelation 6:9
  • Revelation 8:3
  • Revelation 8:5
  • Revelation 9:13
  • Revelation 11:1
  • Revelation 14:18
  • Revelation 16:7
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​a/altar.html. 2024.
 
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