Exode 20:22-26

22 Et l'Éternel dit à Moïse: Tu diras ainsi aux enfants d'Israël: Vous avez vu que je vous ai parlé des cieux.

23 Vous ne ferez point, à côté de moi, des dieux d'argent, et vous ne ferez point des dieux d'or.

24 Tu me feras un autel de terre, sur lequel tu sacrifieras tes holocaustes et tes sacrifices de prospérité, tes brebis et tes taureaux. En tout lieu où je ferai célébrer mon nom, je viendrai à toi et je te bénirai.

25 Que si tu me fais un autel de pierres, tu ne les emploieras point taillées; car si tu levais sur elles ton fer, tu les souillerais.

26 Et tu ne monteras point à mon autel par des degrés, afin que ta nudité n'y soit pas découverte.

Exode 20:22-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 20

In this chapter we have an account of the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; the preface to it, Ex 20:1,2, the ten commandments it consists of, Ex 20:8-17, the circumstances attending it, which caused the people to remove at some distance, Ex 20:18, when they desired of Moses, that he would speak to them and not God, who bid them not fear, since this was for the trial of them; but still they kept at a distance, while Moses drew nigh to God, Ex 20:19-21 who ordered him to caution the children of Israel against idolatry, and directed what sort of an altar he would have made whereon to offer their sacrifices, promising that where his name was recorded he would grant his presence and blessing, Ex 20:22-26.