A moment in scripture
Deuteronomy 27:6
Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:
The surrounding passage
- Deuteronomy 27:4
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
- Deuteronomy 27:5
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
- Deuteronomy 27:7
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.
- Deuteronomy 27:8
And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.