Verse 25
Exodus 20:25
Literal Standard Version
25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִם מִזְבַּ֤ח אֲבָנִים֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לִּ֔/י לֹֽא תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְ/הֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית כִּ֧י חַרְבְּ/ךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖י/הָ וַ/תְּחַֽלְלֶֽ/הָ
English Translation
And if you make an altar of stones for me, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.
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Chapter 20 Context
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And God (Elohim) speaks all these words, saying,
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“I am your God (Elohim) YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servan...
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You have no other Gods before Me.
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You do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which...
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You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God (Elohim) YHWH, am a zealous God (El...
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and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
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You do not take up the Name of your God (Elohim) YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him...
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Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;
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six days you labor and have done all your work,
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and the seventh day is a Sabbath to your God (Elohim) YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your so...
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for in six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rests...
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Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God (Elo...
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You do not murder.
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You do not commit adultery.
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You do not steal.
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You do not answer with a false testimony against your neighbor.
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You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his ma...
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And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountai...
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and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God (Elohim) speak with us, lest we di...
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And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God (Elohim) has come to try you, and in order that...
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And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God (Elohim) is.
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And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with y...
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you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold to be with Me—you do not make any idol for yourselve...
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You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace...
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And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved y...
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neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.
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