The theme of this verse is the importance of purity and simplicity in worship. God instructs the Israelites to make their altar of unhewn stone, which means ...

The altar, as an elevation built up of earth or rough stones, was a symbol of the elevation of man to God, who is enthroned on high in the heaven; and because ...

What does Exodus 20:25 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of ...

It means you're not to have hatred for anybody, because hatred is the seedbed of murder. Thus you can violate the law "thou shalt not kill", and never club a ...

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

Verses 24 - 26 define how to worship the LORD Who has spoken from heaven. It involved making an altar of earth for Me. The idea here is that the altar was not ...

20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

(25) If thou wilt make me an altar of stone.--Among civilised nations altars were almost always of stone, which superseded earth, as more durable.

By commanding the use of uncut stones, God was teaching the Israelites that their altars—and by extension, their worship—should reflect His holiness and purity.