New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 20:22-26

22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen that 1I have spoken 2to you from heaven.

23 3You shall not make other gods besides Me; 4gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

24You shall make 5an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your 6burnt offerings and your 7peace offerings, 8your sheep and your oxen; in every place 9where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

25If you make an altar of stone for Me, 10you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

26And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that 11your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’

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Notes

1. Exodus 20:22 Deut 4:36; 5:24, 26; Neh 9:13 ↩
2. Exodus 20:22 Lit with ↩
3. Exodus 20:23 Ex 20:3 ↩
4. Exodus 20:23 Ex 32:1, 2, 4; Deut 29:17 ↩
5. Exodus 20:24 Ex 20:25; 27:1-8 ↩
6. Exodus 20:24 Ex 10:25; 18:12 ↩
7. Exodus 20:24 Ex 24:5; Lev 1:2 ↩
8. Exodus 20:24 Deut 12:5; 16:6, 11; 26:2; 2 Chr 6:6 ↩
9. Exodus 20:24 Deut 12:5; 26:2 ↩
10. Exodus 20:25 Deut 27:5, 6; Josh 8:31 ↩
11. Exodus 20:26 Ex 28:42, 43 ↩

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