Deuteronomy 27:6

Listen to Deuteronomy 27:6
6 Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 27:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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:
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 build the Altar to God, your God, with uncut stones and offer your Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it to God, your God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy God:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 You must use uncut stones to build the altar of the LORD your God. Sacrifice burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 Use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God and offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God on it.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 Use stones you find in the fields to build his altar. Then offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 27:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 27:6

Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole
stones
And of such Joshua did build it, ( Joshua 8:31 ) ;

and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God;
and very likely sin offerings too; for these frequently went together, the one to make atonement for sin, and the other as a gift, and by way of thankfulness for the acceptance of the former; and both typical of Christ, the true sacrifice, and the antitype of all the legal sacrifices.

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Deuteronomy 27:6 In-Context

4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster.
5 Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.
6 Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
7 Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
8 And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.ā€
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