Altar
23 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
15 sections
Built by Abraham
- Genesis 12:7–8 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. …
- Genesis 13:18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Genesis 22:9 When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
Built by Balaam
- Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Numbers 23:14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- Numbers 23:29 Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
Built by David
- 2 Samuel 24:18–19 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” …
Built by Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:31–32 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” …
Built by Gideon
- Judges 6:26–27 Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” …
Built by Isaac
- Genesis 26:25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
Built by Jacob
- Genesis 33:20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:1–7 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” …
Built by Joshua
- Deuteronomy 27:4–7 And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster. …
- Joshua 8:30–32 At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel, …
Built by Moses
- Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Built by Noah
- Genesis 8:2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Built by Samuel
- 1 Samuel 7:17 Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
Built by Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:35 Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
Built by the Reubenites and Gadites
- Joshua 22:10 And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
- Joshua 22:34 So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Mosaic Commandments Prescribing the Construction of
- Exodus 20:24–26 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. …
- Deuteronomy 27:5–7 Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. …
- Joshua 8:30–31 At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel, …
See
- Ezekiel 43:13 These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
Related topics
The Altar of Burnt-OfferingAltar of IncenseAltar in the TabernacleAltar used in Idolatrous WorshipAltar in Solomon's TempleAltar of Burnt offerings
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.