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Exodus 20:24-25

God's instruction in Exodus 20:24-25 regards building Him an altar. An altar made for His worship had to be constructed of earth or unhewn stones. No altar defiled by man's sinful hand was suitable. Dirt and rock cannot sin; it always follows the nature God established.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Presumption and Divine Justice (Part Two)

Related Topics: Altar | Building an Altar | Dirt and Rock | Presumption | Presumptuous | Presumptuous Sins | Presumptuousness | Sin, Presumptuous | Unhewn Stones

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Exodus 20:24:

Exodus 20:4-6
Deuteronomy 4:15-20

 

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