Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 20:24-25

24An altarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of earthאֲדָמָה֮'a.da.MahH127thou shalt makeתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213unto me, and shalt sacrificeוְזָבַחְתָּ֣ve.za.vach.TaH2076thereon thy burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930,and thy peace offeringsשְׁלָמֶ֔יךָshe.la.Mei.khaH8002,thy sheepצֹֽאנְךָ֖tzo.ne.KhaH6629,and thine oxenבְּקָרֶ֑ךָbe.ka.Re.chaH1241:in all placesהַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOmH4725where I recordאַזְכִּ֣יר'az.KirH2142my nameשְׁמִ֔יshe.MiH8034I will comeאָב֥וֹא'a.Vo'H935unto thee, and I will blessוּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ׃u.ve.rakh.Ti.khaH1288thee.

25And if thou wilt makeתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213me an altarמִזְבַּ֤חmiz.BachH4196of stoneאֲבָנִים֙'a.va.NimH68,thou shalt not buildתִבְנֶ֥הtiv.NehH1129it of hewn stoneגָּזִ֑יתga.ZitH1496:for if thou lift upהֵנַ֥פְתָּhe.Naf.taH5130thy toolחַרְבְּךָ֛char.be.KhaH2719upon it, thou hast pollutedוַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃va.te.Cha.Le.haH2490it.

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