25And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.


In Context

22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.

24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

25 And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Exodus 20:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:25If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou shalt lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;