Altar in the Bible
Built by Noah
- Genesis 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Built by Abraham
- Genesis 12:7-8 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- Also Genesis 13:18; 22:9.
Built by Isaac
- Genesis 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Built by Jacob
- Genesis 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:1-7 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. ...
Built by Moses
- Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
- Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Built by Balaam
- Numbers 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Also Numbers 23:29.
Built by Joshua
- Deuteronomy 27:4-7 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
- Also Joshua 8:30-32.
Built by the Reubenites and Gadites
- Joshua 22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
- Joshua 22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
Built by Gideon
- Judges 6:26-27 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Built by Samuel
- 1 Samuel 7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
Built by Saul
- 1 Samuel 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
Built by David
- 2 Samuel 24:18-19 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
Built by Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:31-32 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of
- Exodus 20:24-26 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. 25 And 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. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
- Also Deuteronomy 27:5-7; Joshua 8:30-31.
- Ezekiel 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
Used in idolatrous worship
- Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
- 1 Kings 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
- Also 1 Kings 16:32; 18:26; 2 Kings 16:10; 23:12,15; Isaiah 27:9; 65:3; Hosea 8:11; Acts 17:23.
OF BURNT OFFERINGS
Called BRAZEN ALTAR
- Exodus 39:39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
- 1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Called ALTAR OF GOD
- Psalm 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Called ALTAR OF THE LORD
- Malachi 2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
IN THE TABERNACLE
- Exodus 27:1-8 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. ...
Constructed by Bezaleel
- Exodus 38:1-7 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. ...
- Also Exodus 37:1.
- Exodus 40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
- Exodus 40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Also Ezekiel 8:16; Matthew 23:35.
- Exodus 27:3-7 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. ...
- Also Exodus 38:3-7; 1 Samuel 2:13-14.
- Exodus 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Uses of the horns
- Psalm 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
- Exodus 29:36-37 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
- Also Exodus 29:44; 30:26-28; 40:10; Leviticus 8:10-11; Numbers 7.
- Ezekiel 43:18-27 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. ...
Sanctified everything that touched it
- Exodus 29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
- Exodus 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
- Also Matthew 23:18-19.
A place of refuge
- Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- 1 Kings 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- Also 1 Kings 2:28.
IN SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Renewed by Asa
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
Removed by Ahaz, and one of idolatrous fashion substituted
- 2 Kings 16:14-17 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
Cleansed by Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 29:18-24 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. ...
Repaired by Manasseh
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
Furniture of, taken to Babylon
- 2 Kings 25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
IN SECOND TEMPLE
- Ezra 3:1-6 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; ...
EZEKIEL'S VISION OF
- Ezekiel 43:13-27 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. ...
Called the GOLDEN ALTAR
- Exodus 39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
- Numbers 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
ALTAR OF SWEET INCENSE
- Leviticus 4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
ALTAR BEFORE THE LORD
- Leviticus 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
- Exodus 30:1-5 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. ...
- Exodus 37:25-28 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
- Exodus 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
- Also Exodus 40:26.
A cover made for, of the censers of Korah
- Numbers 16:36-40 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: ...
- Exodus 30:7-10 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
- Also Exodus 30:26-27; 40:27; Leviticus 4:7,18; 8:15; 9:9; 16:12,18.
How prepared for carrying
- Numbers 4:4-15 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: ...
Carried by Kohathites
- Numbers 3:27-31 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ...
In Solomon's temple
- 1 Kings 6:19-20 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
- Also 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Chronicles 28:18.
Seen in John's vision
- Revelation 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Revelation 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
"Mungu alimwambia Abrahamu kwamba, ""Manyunyu ya maji ya abiso na madirisha ya mbinguni yalifungwa, na mvua ya mbinguni ikakataliwa"" (Mwanzo 8:7) na kwamba, ""Yehova alimtokea Abramu na kumwambia, 'Nitawapa wazao wako nchi hii.'"" (Mwanzo 12:7)." 8 Akaondoka huko, akaenda juu ya mlima ulio upande wa mashariki wa Betheli, akapiga hema lake, na Betheli ilikuwa upande wa magharibi, na Hai upande wa mashariki; naye akajenga huko madhabahu kwa Bwana, akaita jina la Bwana. (Mwanzo 13:18; 22:9; Mathayo 24:21, 22) "Mwanzo 26:25 ""Akajenga madhabahu huko, akaita jina la Bwana, akapiga hema lake huko; na watumishi wa Isaka wakachimba kisima huko.""" "Yakobo aliandika hivi: ""Akajenga madhabahu huko, akaiita Elelohe-Israeli.""" "Mwanzo 35: 1-7 ""Mungu akamwambia Yakobo, Simama, uende Betheli, ukae huko, ukajengee madhabahu kwa Mungu aliyekuonekana wakati ulipokimbia kutoka kwa Esau ndugu yako." 2 Ndipo Yakobo akawaambia watu wa nyumba yake, na wote waliokuwa pamoja naye, Ondokeni miungu ya kigeni iliyo katikati yenu, mkawe safi, na kuibadilisha mavazi yenu; 3 Basi, na tuondoke, tukapande kwenda Betheli; nami nitamjengea huko madhabahu Mungu aliyenijibu siku ya taabu yangu, na kuwa pamoja nami katika njia niliyokwenda. 4 Wakampa Yakobo miungu yote ya kigeni iliyokuwa mikononi mwao, na pete zao zote zilizokuwa masikioni mwao; naye Yakobo akaificha chini ya mwaloni uliokuwa karibu na Shekemu. ... "Mwanzo 24:15 ""Musa akajenga madhabahu, akaiita jina lake Yehovah-Nisi."" 16 Musa akaandika maneno yote ya BWANA, akaamka asubuhi na mapema, akajenga madhabahu chini ya kilima, na nguzo kumi na mbili, kulingana na makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli." "Balaamu akajibu, ""Nimekuwekea madhabahu saba hapa, na kunitayarishia ng'ombe saba na kondoo waume saba.""" "Numeri 23:14 ""Akamleta katika shamba la Sophimu, juu ya Pisga, akajenga madhabahu saba, akatoa ng'ombe na kondoo-dume juu ya kila madhabahu.""" (Hivi ndivyo ilivyo katika Hesabu 23:29) "Kutoka kwa Yoshua, mstari wa 4 wa 7 wa kitabu cha Kumbukumbu la Torati, ""Basi itakuwa, mtakapopita Yordani, mtakasimamisha mawe haya, ninayowaamuru leo, katika mlima wa Ebali, na kuipaka chokaa." 5 Na huko utamjengea Bwana, Mungu wako, madhabahu, madhabahu ya mawe; usichukue juu yake chombo chochote cha chuma. 6 Utajenga madhabahu ya Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa mawe matakatifu, na juu yake utamtolea Bwana, Mungu wako, sadaka za kuteketezwa; 7 na utamtolea sadaka za amani, nawe utakula huko, na kufurahi mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako. (Kutoka Yoshua 8:30-32) "Yoshua 22:10 ""Na walipofika mpaka wa Yordani, ulio katika nchi ya Kanaani, wana wa Rubeni, na wana wa Gadi, na nusu ya kabila la Manase, wakajenga huko kando ya Yordani madhabahu kubwa ya kuabudu." "Yoshua 22:34 ""Na wana wa Reubeni na wana wa Gadi wakauita madhabahu hiyo Ed, kwa maana itakuwa shahidi kati yetu, ya kuwa Bwana ndiye Mungu.""" "Mfalme Gideoni aliandika hivi: ""Usimamie BWANA Mungu wako madhabahu juu ya mwamba huu, mahali ulipoamriwa; kisha uchukue ng'ombe-dume wa pili, ukamtolee sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa kuni za mti utakaokata." 27 Ndipo Gideoni akachukua watu kumi kati ya watumishi wake, akafanya kama Bwana alivyomwambia; na ikawa, kwa kuwa aliwaogopa watu wa nyumba ya baba yake, na watu wa mji, hakuweza kufanya hivyo mchana, bali akafanya hivyo usiku. 1 Samweli 7:17 - Na kurudi kwake alikuwa Rama, kwa maana huko kulikuwa na nyumba yake; na huko aliwahukumu Israeli, na huko alijenga madhabahu kwa Bwana. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika 1 Samweli 14:35: ""Na Sauli akamjengea BWANA madhabahu; hiyo ndiyo madhabahu ya kwanza aliyoijenga kwa BWANA.""" "2 Samweli 24:18-19 ""Na Gadi akamjia Daudi siku ile, akamwambia, Enenda, umjengee Bwana madhabahu katika shamba la Arauna Mjebusi." 19 Basi Daudi akapanda, kwa neno la Gadi, kama Bwana alivyomwamuru. "Mfalme Eliya aliandika hivi: ""Na Eliya akachukua mawe kumi na mawili, kulingana na idadi ya makabila ya wana wa Yakobo, ambao neno la BWANA lilimjia, akisema, Israeli ndilo jina lako; 32na kwa mawe hayo akajenga madhabahu kwa jina la BWANA, na akafanya shimo kuzunguka madhabahu, kubwa kiasi cha kuhifadhi mbegu mbili." "Mstari wa 24 wa amri ya Musa unaoamuru ujenzi wa madhabahu ya udongo, ""Utanitengenezea madhabahu ya udongo, na juu yake utatoa sadaka zako za kuteketezwa, na sadaka zako za amani, kondoo zako, na ng'ombe zako; katika mahali popote nitakapoweka jina langu nitakuja kwako, na nitakubariki.""" 25 Na kama ukinifanyia madhabahu ya mawe, usijengee kwa mawe yaliyochongwa; kwa maana ukinyanyua juu yake chombo chako, umeichafua. 26 Wala usipande juu ya madhabahu yangu kwa ngazi, ili uchi wako usifunuliwe juu yake. (Kumbukumbu la Torati 27:5-7, Yoshua 8:30-31) "Ezekieli 43:13 ""Na haya ndiyo vipimo vya madhabahu kwa mikono: Mkono ni kikombe na upana wa mkono; hata chini itakuwa kikombe, na upana wa kikombe, na mpaka wake karibu na ukingo wake kuzunguka utakuwa kipimo; na hii itakuwa mahali pa juu pa madhabahu." "Mfalme Yeroboamu alitoa amri ya kuua watu wa Baal, na kusema: ""Na ikawa usiku huo, BWANA akamwambia, Twaa ndama ya baba yako, yaani, ndama wa pili mwenye miaka saba, ukamwangamize madhabahu ya Baali, ambayo baba yako ana, na ukata miti iliyo karibu nayo."" 1 Wafalme 12:32 ""Na Yeroboamu akafanya sikukuu katika mwezi wa nane, siku ya kumi na tano ya mwezi, kama ile ya Yuda, akatoa sadaka juu ya madhabahu." Akafanya vivyo hivyo huko Betheli, akitoa dhabihu kwa ajili ya ndama alizozifanyia; naye akawaweka huko Betheli makuhani wa mahali pa juu pa ibada aliyozifanyia. (Mambo ya Walawi 16:32; 18:26; 2 Wafalme 16:10; 23:12, 15; Isaya 27:9; 65:3; Hosea 8:11; Matendo 17:23.) "Mungu alitoa sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa madhabahu ya shaba, pamoja na madoa yake ya shaba, na vijiti vyake, na vyombo vyake vyote, na chombo chake cha kuosha, na mguu wake."" 1 Wafalme 8:6 ""Siku ile ile mfalme akaitakasa sehemu ya katikati ya ua iliyokuwa mbele ya nyumba ya BWANA, kwa maana hapo alitoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, na sadaka za chakula, na mafuta ya sadaka za amani; kwa sababu madhabahu ya shaba iliyokuwa mbele ya BWANA ilikuwa ndogo sana." "Mungu alimwambia, ""Nitakwenda kwenye madhabahu ya Mungu, Mungu wa furaha yangu, naam, nitakushukuru kwa kinubi, Ee Mungu wangu.""" "Malakia 2:13 ""Na tena mlifanya hivi, mkiifunika madhabahu ya Bwana kwa machozi, na kwa kilio, na kwa kilio, hata asiangalie tena sadaka, wala asiipokee kwa fadhili kutoka mkononi mwenu.""" "Kutoka 27: 1-8 ""Na utafanya madhabahu ya mbao ya shittim, mikono mitano kwa urefu na mikono mitano kwa upana; madhabahu itakuwa mraba, na urefu wake utakuwa mikono mitatu." 2 Na hizo pembe zake uzifanye kwenye pembe zake nne; pembe zake zitakuwa kama hizo; nawe uzifunika kwa shaba. 3 Na vitambaa vyake ufanye, ili viweze kuhifadhi majivu yake, na makasia yake, na vikombe vyake, na makasia yake, na makopo yake; vyombo vyake vyote ufanye kwa shaba. 4 Nawe utamfanyia uzio wa wavu wa shaba; na juu ya wavu utatengeneza pete nne za shaba katika pembe zake nne. ... "Bezaleli aliandika hivi: ""Akafanya madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa mbao za mti wa shitimu, urefu wake ulikuwa mikono mitano, na upana wake mikono mitano; ilikuwa mraba, na urefu wake mikono mitatu.""" 2 Akafanya pembe zake katika pembe zake nne; pembe zake zilikuwa za namna ile ile; naye akavifunika kwa shaba. 3 Akafanya vyombo vyote vya madhabahu, vyombo vya kupasua, na makasia, na vikombe, na visigino, na vyombo vya kupasua moto; vyombo vyote vya madhabahu akafanya kwa shaba. 4 Akafanyia madhabahu hiyo uzi wa shaba, uliofanyizwa kwa wavu, chini ya mhimili wake, chini yake, hata katikati yake. - Pia Kutoka 37:1 "Kutoka 40:6 ""Utawaweka madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa mbele ya mlango wa hema la kukutania.""" "Kutoka 40:29 ""Akaweka madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa karibu na mlango wa hema la kukutania, akatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya chakula juu yake, kama BWANA alivyomwagiza Musa.""" (Ezekieli 8:16; Mathayo 23:35) "Kutoka 27:3 ""Utafanya vyombo vyake vya kuhifadhia majivu yake, na makasia yake, na vikombe vyake, na makasia yake, na mitungi yake ya moto; vyombo vyake vyote utafanya kwa shaba.""" 4 Nawe utamfanyia uzio wa wavu wa shaba; na juu ya wavu utatengeneza pete nne za shaba katika pembe zake nne. 5 Nawe utaiweka chini ya mhimili wa madhabahu, chini, ili wavu upate kuwa hata katikati ya madhabahu. 6 Nawe ufanye vijiti kwa ajili ya madhabahu, vijiti vya mbao za shitimu, ukavifunike shaba. - Pia Kutoka 38:3-7; 1 Samweli 2:13-14. "Kutoka 27:2 ""Utafanya pembe zake kwenye pembe zake nne; pembe zake zitakuwa sawa; na utamfunika kwa shaba.""" "Zaburi 118: 27 ""Mungu ndiye BWANA, aliyetuonyesha nuru; funga sadaka kwa kamba, hata pembe za madhabahu." "Kutoka 29:36 ""Na utatoa kila siku ng'ombe-dume mmoja kuwa sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya upatanisho; nawe utalifanya madhabahu kuwa safi, baada ya kuifanya kuwa upatanisho, na utamtia mafuta ili kuitakasa.""" 37 Siku saba utafanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya madhabahu, na kuitakasa; nayo itakuwa madhabahu takatifu sana; kila kitu kitakachogusa madhabahu kitakuwa kitakatifu. (Kutoka 29:46, 30:26-28, 40:10; Walawi 8:10-11; Hesabu 7:9, 10) "Ezekieli 43:18-27 ""Akanisema, Mwanadamu, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi, Hizi ndizo amri za madhabahu, siku watakapofanya, kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu yake, na kunyunyizia damu juu yake." 19 Nawe utawapa makuhani, Walawi, wazao wa Sadoki, wanaonikaribia, ili wanitumikie, asema Bwana MUNGU, ndama mchanga kwa ajili ya sadaka ya dhambi. 20 Utachukua damu yake, ukaiweke kwenye pembe zake nne, na kwenye pembe nne za mti, na kwenye ukingo wa pande zote; ndivyo utakavyoutakasa na kuuhesabu. 21 Tena utamchukua yule ng'ombe-dume wa sadaka ya dhambi, naye atamteketeza mahali palipoamriwa katika nyumba, nje ya patakatifu. "Kutoka 29:37 ""Ufanye upatanisho kwa madhabahu siku saba, ukaitakase; nayo itakuwa madhabahu takatifu sana; kila kitu kitakachogusa madhabahu kitakuwa kitakatifu.""" "Kutoka 30:29 ""Utawatakasa, nao watakuwa watakatifu sana; kila kitu kitakachowagusa kitakuwa kitakatifu.""" (Mathayo 23:18-19) "Kutoka 21:14 ""Lakini mtu akimshambulia jirani yake kwa kiburi, ili amwue kwa hila, utamchukua kutoka madhabahu yangu, afe.""" 1 Wafalme 1:50 Basi Adonia akaogopa kwa sababu ya Sulemani, akainuka, akaenda, akaishika pembe za madhabahu. - Pia 1 Wafalme 2:28. 2 Mambo ya Nyakati 4:1 - Pia alifanya madhabahu ya shaba, mikono ishirini kwa urefu wake, na mikono ishirini kwa upana wake, na mikono kumi kwa urefu wake. 2 Mambo ya Nyakati 15:8 - Asa aliposikia maneno haya na unabii wa nabii Odedi, akajipa moyo, akaondoa sanamu za machukizo katika nchi yote ya Yuda na Benyamini, na katika miji aliyoiteka kutoka mlima wa Efraimu, na kuirekebisha madhabahu ya Bwana iliyokuwa mbele ya ukumbi wa Bwana. "Akaondoa madhabahu hiyo na kuichukua mahali pake madhabahu ya sanamu, 2 Wafalme 16:14-17 ""Akaileta pia madhabahu ya shaba iliyokuwa mbele ya BWANA, kutoka mbele ya nyumba, kutoka kati ya madhabahu na nyumba ya BWANA, akaiweka upande wa kaskazini wa madhabahu." 15 Ndipo mfalme Ahazi akamwagiza Uria kuhani, akisema, Juu ya madhabahu kuu uchome sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya asubuhi, na sadaka ya chakula cha jioni, na sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya mfalme, na sadaka yake ya chakula, pamoja na sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya watu wote wa nchi, na sadaka yao ya chakula, na sadaka zao za kinywaji; na umwage juu yake damu yote ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, na damu yote ya sadaka; na madhabahu ya shaba itakuwa kwangu. 16 Hivyo ndivyo alivyotenda Uria kuhani, sawasawa na yote aliyoamuru mfalme Ahazi. 17 Mfalme Ahazi akaikata mipaka ya nguzo, akaiondoa mtungi juu yake; akaishusha bahari juu ya ng'ombe wa shaba waliokuwa chini yake, akaiweka juu ya lami ya mawe. "Hizekia 29:18-24 ""Wakaingia kwa mfalme Hezekia, wakamwambia, Tumeitakasa nyumba yote ya Bwana, na madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa, na vyombo vyake vyote, na meza ya mikate ya maonyesho, na vyombo vyake vyote." 19 Tena vyombo vyote ambavyo mfalme Ahazi katika utawala wake alivitupa kwa kosa lake, tumevitayarisha na kuvitakasa; na tazama, viko mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana. 20 Kisha Hezekia mfalme akaamka asubuhi na mapema, akawaita wakuu wa mji, akapanda kwenda kwenye nyumba ya BWANA. 21 Wakatokeza ng'ombe-dume saba, kondoo-dume saba, kondoo-dume saba, na mbuzi-dume saba, kuwa sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya ufalme, na kwa ajili ya patakatifu, na kwa ajili ya Yuda. Kisha akawaamuru makuhani wana wa Haruni wawatolee sadaka hizo juu ya madhabahu ya BWANA. ... "Mnasa alirekebisha madhabahu ya BWANA, akatoa sadaka za amani na sadaka za shukrani juu yake, na akaamuru Yuda wamtumikie BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli.""" "Wakati huo, ""vitu vyao vya nyumbani vilipelekwa Babeli."" 2 Wafalme 25:14 ""Na vyombo, na makasia, na mitungi, na vikombe, na vyombo vyote vya shaba, vilivyotumiwa katika utumishi, wakavitoa." Ezra 3:1-6 (KJV) Na mwezi wa saba ulipofika, na wana wa Israeli walikuwa katika miji, watu walikusanyika pamoja kama mtu mmoja huko Yerusalemu. 2 Ndipo Yeshua mwana wa Yozadak akainuka, na ndugu zake makuhani, na Zerubabeli mwana wa Shealtieli, na ndugu zake, wakajenga madhabahu ya Mungu wa Israeli, ili kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu yake, kama ilivyoandikwa katika torati ya Musa, mtu wa Mungu. 3 Wakauweka madhabahu juu ya misingi yake, kwa kuwa waliwaogopa watu wa nchi hizo; nao wakamtolea Bwana sadaka za kuteketezwa juu yake, sadaka za kuteketezwa asubuhi na jioni. 4 Wakaishika pia sikukuu ya vibanda, kama ilivyoandikwa, wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa za kila siku kwa hesabu, kama desturi, kama ilivyotakiwa kwa kila siku; na hizi ndizo vipimo vya madhabahu, kwa mikono: mkono ni mkono mmoja, na upana ni mkono mmoja; na ukingo wake ni mkono mmoja, na upana ni mkono mmoja; na ukingo wake ni ukingo wa pembe yake kuzunguka pande zote. 14 Na kutoka chini ya ardhi hata kwenye nguzo ya chini itakuwa mikono miwili, na upana wa kikombe kimoja; na kutoka kwenye nguzo ya chini hadi kwenye nguzo ya juu itakuwa mikono minne, na upana wa kikombe kimoja. 15 Hivyo madhabahu itakuwa na mikono minne; na kutoka madhabahu na juu itakuwa na pembe nne. 16 Na madhabahu hiyo itakuwa na urefu wa mikono kumi na miwili, na upana wa mikono kumi na miwili, mraba katika mraba wake nne. "Mwisho wa siku hizo, kuhani ataweka sehemu ya damu yake kwenye pembe za madhabahu ya uvumba, ambayo iko katika Hema la Kukutania, na damu yake yote ataimwagia chini ya madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, ambayo iko kwenye mlango wa Hema la Kukutania.""" "Kumbuka, mzee wa ukoo wa Israeli alitoa agizo hili: ""Atakapanda kwenda kwenye madhabahu iliyo mbele ya Bwana, na kuifanya kuwa upatanisho; naye atachukua damu ya ng'ombe na damu ya mbuzi, na kuitia kwenye pembe za madhabahu kuzunguka.""" Kutoka 30:1-5 - Nawe ufanye madhabahu ya kufukiza uvumba juu yake; ya mbao ya shittim uifanye. 2 Urefu wake utakuwa kikombe, na upana wake kikombe; itakuwa mraba; na urefu wake utakuwa kikombe, na pembe zake zitakuwa sawa. 3 Nawe uifunike kwa dhahabu safi, juu yake, na pande zake pande zote, na pembe zake; na uifanye taji la dhahabu pande zote. 4 Na pete mbili za dhahabu ufanye chini ya taji lake, kwenye pembe zake mbili, upande wake mbili; na hizo zitakuwa mahali pa fimbo za kuishikilia. "Kutoka 37:25-28 ""Akafanya madhabahu ya uvumba kwa mbao ya shitimu; urefu wake ulikuwa kikombe, na upana wake kikombe; ilikuwa mraba; na urefu wake ulikuwa kikombe, na pembe zake zilikuwa za kile kile." 26 Akaufunika kwa dhahabu safi, juu yake, na pande zake pande zote, na pembe zake; pia akaufanyia taji la dhahabu pande zote. 27 Akafanya pete mbili za dhahabu chini ya taji lake, kwenye pembe zake mbili, pande zake mbili, kuwa mahali pa vijiti vya kuishikilia. 28 Akafanya vijiti vya mbao za shitimu, akavifunika kwa dhahabu. "Kutoka 30:6 ""Uiweke mbele ya pazia lililo karibu na sanduku la ushuhuda, mbele ya kiti cha rehema kilicho juu ya ushuhuda, hapo nitakapokutana nawe.""" "Kutoka 40:5 ""Utawaweka madhabahu ya dhahabu ya uvumba mbele ya sanduku la ushuhuda, na utaweka uzio wa mlango wa hema.""" (Kutoka 40:26) "Kuna mfano wa mto wa Kora, ambao ulifunikwa kwa moto wa matoleo ya kwanza ya mto huo: ""BWANA akamwambia Musa, 37 ""Mwambie Eleazari mwana wa Haruni kuhani, achukue mto huo kutoka kwenye moto, nawe upande moto huko, kwa maana umewekwa wakfu." 38 Na mioto ya uvumba ya hao watendao dhambi juu ya nafsi zao, waitengenezee vibao vya kufunika madhabahu; kwa kuwa wameitolea mbele za Bwana; kwa hiyo ni takatifu; nao watakuwa ishara kwa wana wa Israeli. 39 Naye Eleazari kuhani akachukua vyombo vya kufukiza uvumba vya shaba, vilivyotumiwa na wale waliochomwa moto, na kuvitengeneza vigae vikubwa vya kufunika madhabahu; 10 na Haruni atachoma uvumba juu yake kila asubuhi; atakapoweka taa, atachoma uvumba juu yake. 8 Na Haruni atakapowasha taa jioni, atachoma uvumba juu yake, uvumba wa daima mbele za Bwana katika vizazi vyenu vyote. 9 Msipe juu yake uvumba wa kigeni, wala sadaka ya kuteketezwa, wala sadaka ya chakula, wala msimwagie sadaka ya kinywaji. 10 Na Haruni atafanya upatanisho juu ya pembe zake mara moja kwa mwaka, kwa damu ya sadaka ya dhambi ya upatanisho; mara moja kwa mwaka atafanya upatanisho juu yake katika vizazi vyenu vyote; ni takatifu sana kwa Bwana. (Kutoka 30:26-27, 40:27; Walawi 4:7, 18; 8:15; 9:9; 16:12, 18; 1 Wakorintho 6:9, 10) "Hii ndiyo itakayokuwa kazi ya wana wa Kohathi katika hema la kukutania, kwa ajili ya vitu vitakatifu zaidi."" 5 ""Na kambi itakapokuwa imesimama, Haruni na wanawe watakuja, nao wataondoa kifuniko cha kufunika, na kuifunika sanduku la ushuhuda kwa hilo; 6 kisha wataweka kifuniko cha ngozi za mbweha juu yake, na kuifunika nguo ya rangi ya bluu, na kuifunga kwenye vijiti vyake." 7 Na juu ya meza ya mikate ya maonyesho watapandisha kitambaa cha rangi ya bluu, na kuweka juu yake vyombo, na vikombe, na vikombe, na vifuniko vya kufunika, na mkate wa daima utakuwa juu yake. "Kehati: ""Kehati"" ni jina la kabila la Waamri, kabila la Waizeri, kabila la Waebrania, na kabila la Wauzeli, ambao ni makabila ya Wakehati." 28 Kwa hesabu ya wanaume wote, kuanzia wenye umri wa mwezi mmoja na zaidi, kulikuwa na watu elfu nane mia sita, walioshika kazi ya kutunza patakatifu. 29 Na jamaa za wana wa Kohathi zitapiga kambi upande wa maskani upande wa kusini. 30 Na mkuu wa nyumba ya baba ya jamaa za Wakahati atakuwa Elizafani mwana wa Uzia. ... "Mungu aliweka sanduku la agano ndani ya hekalu la Sulemani (1 Wafalme 6:19-20) na akaweka sanduku la agano la BWANA ndani ya hekalu.""" 20 Na ile kaburi lililokuwa mbele ilikuwa na urefu wa mikono ishirini, na upana wa mikono ishirini, na urefu wa mikono ishirini; naye akaifunika kwa dhahabu safi; na hivyo akaifunika madhabahu iliyokuwa ya mierezi. (Mambo ya Wafalme 7:48; 1 Mambo ya Nyakati 28:18) "Ufunuo 8:3 ""Malaika mwingine akaja, akasimama karibu na madhabahu, akiwa na chungu cha dhahabu; naye akapewa uvumba mwingi, apate kuutoa pamoja na sala za watakatifu wote juu ya madhabahu ya dhahabu iliyokuwa mbele ya kiti cha enzi.""" "Ufunuo 9:13 ""Malaika wa sita akapiga tarumbeta, nikasikia sauti kutoka pembe nne za madhabahu ya dhahabu iliyoko mbele ya Mungu."