history - Why should an altar be made with uncut stone? - Biblical ...
The word for indicates that there is a connection between cutting a stone and making it unfit for being included in the altar. Lacking the proper historical context, I don't understand what …
Uncut stone for altar - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
Aug 26, 2022 · Why was cut stone allowed to be used for the first and second temple, when God was quite adamant in not building His altar with any stone touched by metal tools? Joshua …
genesis - Why does Jacob choose anointing as a method of …
Apr 20, 2023 · he therefore “poured oil on the top of this stone,” which probably was the ceremony then used in dedicating their altars, as an earnest of his building an altar when he should have …
Why does Joshua set up 12 stones in the midst of the Jordan River?
Feb 1, 2016 · The stones are called "standing stones." Standing stones are an ancient way of memorializing what God (or god) did in a certain location. When you see the stone - you can …
What do bible authors mean by "they remain there till this day..."?
Apr 9, 2016 · Biblical authors like to proclaim how some monument/stone/altar/name remains intact to-this-day. Cool. Should I take that as till the day the author wrote it down (in ...
Why is it significant for the author to point out that no iron tools ...
Nov 29, 2017 · This is a tangent but as I am fascinated by ancient stone work it is interesting to me that the tools with which they did the quarrying are listed as "hammer, chisel or any iron …
contradiction - Why use uncut stones for an altar but opulent …
If the stones of the altar had to be uncut, then why were the stones of the temple building itself dressed stone? What is the relation if any between this prohibition and the prohibition against …
Is there a contradiction about memorial stones
1 In Deuteronomy 16:22 God says not to set up a memorial stone, which He hates. Yet in numerous other places, e.g., Joshua 4:8 memorial stones are set up, apparently with God's …
Did Abimelech sacrifice his brothers? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack ...
Mar 17, 2021 · Gideon/Jerub-Baal destroyed Baal's altar in Judges 6:25 That same night the LORD said to him, "Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. …
jesus - Isaiah 6:7 - Sins Atoned For Without Christ - Biblical ...
Apr 12, 2025 · Also the altar in Isaiah 6:6 from which the seraphim took the burning coal was the Altar of Incense and not the Altar of Sacrifice. Now after the coals from the Altar of Incense …