An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu m'élèveras un autel de terre, sur lequel tu offriras tes holocaustes et tes sacrifices d'actions de grâces, tes brebis et tes boeufs. Partout où je rappellerai mon nom, je viendrai à toi, et je te bénirai.
KJV
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ἂν δὲ ἔφθασεν, εἰ μὴ ὁ καλῶν χρηστὸς ἦν. ἐνίαις δὲ ψυχαῖς προαπαντᾷ· "ἥξω πρὸς σὲ καὶ εὐλογήσω σε“ (Exod. 20, 24). ὁρᾷς ὅση τοῦ αἰτίου ἡ χάρις φθάνοντος τὴν ἡμετέραν μέλλησιν καὶ προαπαντῶντος εἰς εὐεργεσίαν παντελῆ τῆς ψυχῆς. καὶ χρησμός ἐστι δογματικὸς τὸ λεγόμενον· ἐὰν γὰρ ἔλθ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
seem to have been placed there without reasonable cause. Objection 7: Further, the Lord commanded ( Ex. 20:24 ): "You shall make an altar of earth unto Me": and again ( Ex. 20:26 ): "Thou shalt not go up by steps unto My altar." It was therefore unfitting that subsequently they s…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
e construction of the altar the Lord issued a twofold precept. One was at the beginning of the Law ( Ex. 20:24, seqq.) when the Lord commanded them to make "an altar of earth," or at least "not of hewn stones"; and again, not to make the altar high, so as to make it necessary to…
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