25 (A)But if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up thy tool upon them, thou hast polluted [a]them.

26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy [b]filthiness be not discovered thereon.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:25 Hebrew, it, that is, the stone.
  2. Exodus 20:26 Which might be by his stooping or flying abroad of his clothes.

25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool(A) on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts(B) may be exposed.’

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