You shall build Yahweh your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to Yahweh your God.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
- BSB You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
- ESV you shall build an altar to the LORD your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God,
- NKJV You shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
- NASB You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones, and you shall offer on it burnt offerings to the Lord your God;
- NLT Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
The altar is to be built of uncut stones, and burnt offerings are to be offered on it. Atoning sacrifice stands at the center of Israel's covenant worship.
Overview
Burnt offerings, wholly consumed on the altar, expressed atonement and total dedication to God. That such sacrifice marked Israel's entry into the land shows that fellowship with God depends on atonement. These offerings foreshadow Christ, whose perfect, once-for-all sacrifice secures the reconciliation the burnt offerings could only anticipate (Hebrews 10:1-14).
Cross-references & the web
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- Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Lev 1:1–17Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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