Altars
The first altar of which we have any account is that built by Noah when he left the ark. Ge 8:20 In the early times altars were usually built in certain spots hallowed by religious associations, e.g., where God appeared. Ge 12:7; 13:18, 26:25; 35:1 Though generally erected for the offering of sacrifice, in some instances they appear to have been on...
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(Heb. mizbe'ah, from a word meaning "to slay"), any structure of
earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices
were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous
places (Gen. 22:9; Ezek. 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8; Acts
14:13). The word is used in Heb. 13:10 for the sacrifice offered
upon it--the sacrifice Christ...
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-Built by Noah
Ge 8:2
-Built by Abraham
Ge 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9
-Built by Isaac
Ge 26:25
-Built by Jacob
Ge 33:20; 35:1-7
-Built by Moses
Ex 17:15; 24:4
-Built by Balaam
Nu 23:1,14,29
-Built by Joshua
De 27:4-7; Jos 8:30-32
-Built by the Reubenites and Gadites
Jos 22:10,34
-Built by Gideon
Jud 6:26,27
-Built by Samuel
1Sa 7:17
-B...
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The first of which we have mention was built by Noah after leaving the ark (Genesis 8:20). The English (from the Latin) means an elevation or high place: not the site, but the erections on them which could be built or removed (1 Kings 12:7; 2 Kings 23:15). So the Greek bomos, and Hebrew bamath. But the proper Hebrew name mizbeach is "the sacrificin...
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I. Classification of Hebrew Altars.
Before considering the Biblical texts attention must be drawn to the fact that these texts know of at least two kinds of altars which were so different in appearance that no contemporary could possibly confuse them. The first was an altar consisting of earth or unhewn stones. It had no fixed shape, but varied wit...
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And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus....
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And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD....
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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....
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee....
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As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings....
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