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Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/nlt/exodus/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/esv/exodus/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/bsb/exodus/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/kjv/exodus/20.htm">King James Bible</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/20.htm">New King James Version</a> An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/nasb/exodus/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/lsb/exodus/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/amp/exodus/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause My Name to be recorded and remembered [through revelation of My divine nature] I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/csb/exodus/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered. <a href="/asv/exodus/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. <a href="/cev/exodus/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshiped, I will come down to bless you. <a href="/erv/exodus/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. <a href="/gwt/exodus/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "You must build an altar for me made out of dirt. Sacrifice your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, your sheep, goats, and cattle on it. Wherever I choose to have my name remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/gnt/exodus/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/isv/exodus/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> You are to make an altar of earth for me, and you are to sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep, and your cattle. Everywhere I cause my name to be remembered, I'll come to you and bless you. <a href="/msb/exodus/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/net/exodus/20.htm">NET Bible</a> You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you. <a href="/nheb/exodus/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you. <a href="/wbt/exodus/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee. <a href="/web/exodus/20.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you. <a href="/ylt/exodus/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee. <a href="/slt/exodus/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> An altar of earth shalt thou make to me, and sacrifice upon it thy burnt-offering and thy peace, and thy sheep and thy cattle: and in every place where I shall cause my name to be remembered, I will come to thee and bless thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you. <a href="/nabre/exodus/20.htm">New American Bible</a> An altar of earth make for me, and sacrifice upon it your burnt offerings and communion sacrifices, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be invoked I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You need make for me only an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> An altar of earth shall you make to me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I shall make a memorial to my name I will come to you and I will bless you. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> An altar of earth you shall make to me and you will offer upon it your burnt offerings and your offerings and your sheep and your oxen; in every place that you will commemorate My Name I shall come to you and I shall bless you.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee. <a href="/sep/exodus/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee. <a href="/parallel/exodus/20-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5116" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/20.htm">The Altar of Sacrifice</a> 24<a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You are to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·baḥ (N-msc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">an altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’ă·ḏā·māh (N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: wə·zā·ḇaḥ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on it</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">your burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: šə·lā·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">and peace offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣō·nə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">your sheep and goats</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: bə·qā·re·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">and cattle.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">In every</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">I cause My name</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: ’az·kîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">to be remembered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ’ā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">I will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: ū·ḇê·raḵ·tî·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">and bless you.</a> 25Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a> Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. <a href="/leviticus/17-8.htm">Leviticus 17:8-9</a> Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice / but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people. <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29-30</a> May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. / Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-5.htm">Deuteronomy 27:5-7</a> Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. / You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. / There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a> Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9-10</a> Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. / As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12-16</a> the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. / If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, / and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ... <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a> We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. <a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a> “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. / But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. ... <a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a> For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” <a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-50</a> However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things?’ <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.altar<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a> God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.burnt<a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">Leviticus 1:1</a> And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,<a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1</a> And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.in all places<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,11,21</a> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Deuteronomy 14:23</a> And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.<a href="/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5,6,11</a> Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: … will bless thee<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a> And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:<a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-27</a> The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: … <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Deuteronomy 7:13</a> And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/17-15.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/exodus/12-32.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/10-25.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/exodus/14-18.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/10-25.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/exodus/18-23.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Places</a> <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Record</a> <a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/exodus/17-12.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/22-1.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/21-33.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/exodus/25-4.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/exodus/28-12.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/22-1.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/24-14.htm">Places</a> <a href="/exodus/25-16.htm">Record</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-42.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/22-1.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/exodus/20-26.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 20</div>1. <a href="/exodus/20-1.htm">The ten commandments are spoken by Jehovah</a> 18. <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">The people are afraid, but Moses comforts them</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Idolatry is forbidden</a> 23. <a href="/exodus/20-23.htm">Of what sort the altar should be</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Altars in ancient times were often constructed from natural materials, emphasizing that worship should not be about human craftsmanship but about obedience and reverence. This aligns with the patriarchal tradition, as seen with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who built simple altars to worship God (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7, 26</a>:25, 35:7).and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings Burnt offerings were entirely consumed by fire, symbolizing complete dedication to God (Leviticus 1). Peace offerings, on the other hand, were shared between the altar, the priests, and the offerer, symbolizing fellowship with God (Leviticus 3). These offerings foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself wholly to God and brought peace between God and humanity (<a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14-16</a>).your sheep and goats and cattle These animals were common in the agrarian society of ancient Israel and were often used in sacrificial practices. The use of domesticated animals highlights the cost of worship and the principle of offering something valuable to God. This prefigures Christ, the Lamb of God, who was the ultimate sacrifice for sin (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).In every place where I cause My name to be remembered This phrase indicates that God's presence is not confined to a single location, unlike the pagan deities of the time. It anticipates the later establishment of the tabernacle and temple, where God's name would dwell (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a>). Ultimately, it points to the New Covenant, where God's presence is with believers everywhere through the Holy Spirit (<a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a>).I will come to you and bless you God's promise to come and bless His people underscores His desire for a relationship with them. This blessing is contingent upon obedience and proper worship. It echoes the covenantal promises made to the patriarchs and is fulfilled in Christ, through whom all spiritual blessings are available to believers (<a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Ephesians 1:3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker of the command, emphasizing His desire for worship and relationship with His people. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The recipients of the command, tasked with building altars and offering sacrifices. 3. <a href="/topical/a/altar_of_earth.htm">Altar of Earth</a> A simple structure made from natural materials, symbolizing humility and obedience. 4. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings_and_peace_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings and Peace Offerings</a> Types of sacrifices representing atonement and fellowship with God. 5. <a href="/topical/p/places_of_remembrance.htm">Places of Remembrance</a> Locations where God chooses to reveal His presence and bless His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/simplicity_in_worship.htm">Simplicity in Worship</a> God desires genuine worship over elaborate rituals. The altar of earth symbolizes humility and sincerity in our approach to God. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_living.htm">Sacrificial Living</a> Just as the Israelites offered sacrifices, Christians are called to live sacrificially, offering their lives as living sacrifices to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_and_blessing.htm">God’s Presence and Blessing</a> God promises His presence and blessing where His name is honored. We should seek to create environments in our lives where God is remembered and revered. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_relationship.htm">Obedience and Relationship</a> The command to build altars and offer sacrifices underscores the importance of obedience in maintaining a relationship with God. <a href="/topical/c/community_worship.htm">Community Worship</a> The communal aspect of sacrifices highlights the importance of gathering with others to worship and remember God’s deeds.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 20</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_an_altar.htm">What defines an altar?</a> <a href="/q/bible_advice_for_tough_in-laws.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer for difficult in-laws?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_aaron_make_the_golden_calf.htm">Why did Aaron create the golden calf for worship?</a> <a href="/q/are_there_records_of_thanksgiving_sacrifices.htm">Psalm 116:17 references sacrifices of thanksgiving—are there archaeological or historical records that support or challenge this practice in the psalmist’s era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me.--The earliest altars were, naturally, either of earth, or of unhewn stones, gathered into a heap, since these could be constructed with little labour, and without tools. But, as civilisation advanced, more elaborate structures took the place of the primitive ones. It became usual to erect altars of hewn stone, adorned with carvings more or less rich, among which might often be introduced human and animal forms. We must understand the command here given, and that of <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm" title="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.">Exodus 20:25</a>, as intended to forbid structures of this latter kind, which, if allowed, might have led on to idolatry.Thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings.--Sacrifice began soon after Paradise was quitted (<a href="/context/genesis/4-3.htm" title="And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.">Genesis 4:3-4</a>), and shortly became a universal practice. Noah offered sacrifice on leaving the ark (<a href="/genesis/8-20.htm" title="And Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.">Genesis 8:20</a>); and in the family of Abraham the rite was an established one (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.">Genesis 12:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm" title="And he said to him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.">Genesis 15:9</a>; <a href="/genesis/22-7.htm" title="And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?">Genesis 22:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/26-25.htm" title="And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dig a well.">Genesis 26:25</a>; <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm" title="Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.">Genesis 31:54</a>, &c.). Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Ph?nicians, Greeks, Romans, Scythians, Celts, Germans, all equally regarded sacrifice as a main element of their religion; and if the Hebrews had not offered actual sacrifices during their oppression in Egypt, they had, at any rate, maintained the wish to offer them, and it was (primarily) for the purpose of sacrificing that they had quitted Egypt. The legislation assumes that they are acquainted with the difference between "burnt offerings and "peace offerings," and desirous of offering both kinds. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - An altar of earth. Among the nations of antiquity altars were indispensable to Divine worship, which everywhere included sacrifice. They were often provided on the spur of the occasion, and were then "constructed of earth, sods, or stones, collected upon the spot." The patriarchal altars bad probably been of this character, and it was now provided that the same usage should continue: at any rate, elaborate structures of hewn and highly ornamented stone should not be allowed, lest thus idolatry should creep in, the images engraved upon the altars becoming the objects of worship. Thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings. The mode in which these are introduced implies that sacrifice was already a long-standing practice. The patriarchal sacrifices are well known (<a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a>). Jethro had recently offered sacrifice in the camp of Israel (<a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Exodus 18:12</a>). If the Israelites had not sacrificed to God during the sojourn in Egypt, at any rate they had kept up the idea of sacrifice; and it was for the purpose of offering sacrifices that Moses had demanded permission to go with all his nation into the wilderness. I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. The promise is conditional on the observance of the command. If the altars are rightly constructed, and proper victims offered, then, in all places where he allows the erection of an altar, God will accept the sacrifices offered upon it and bless the worshippers. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/20-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You are to make תַּעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make for Me לִּי֒ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> an altar מִזְבַּ֣ח (miz·baḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar of earth, אֲדָמָה֮ (’ă·ḏā·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land and sacrifice וְזָבַחְתָּ֣ (wə·zā·ḇaḥ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice on it עָלָ֗יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against your burnt offerings עֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ (‘ō·lō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering and peace offerings, שְׁלָמֶ֔יךָ (šə·lā·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering your sheep and goats צֹֽאנְךָ֖ (ṣō·nə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and cattle. בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ (bə·qā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> Beef cattle, ox, a herd In every בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every place הַמָּקוֹם֙ (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I cause My name שְׁמִ֔י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name to be remembered, אַזְכִּ֣יר (’az·kîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male I will come אָב֥וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to you אֵלֶ֖יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to and bless you. וּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ׃ (ū·ḇê·raḵ·tî·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">OT Law: Exodus 20:24 You shall make an altar of earth (Exo. 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