...the image of falsifying and profaning them by our own self-derived intelligence. Hence it is divinely commanded : — ' If thou wilt make me an altar of...lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.' (Exod. xx. 25.) As solidity is that quality in the stone which is representative of the TRUE, it follows,...

...peace-offerings, thy sheep and thine oxc/u.. And if ihou wilt make me an altar of stone, thuu shult not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt tln»u go up by steps unto my altar, ih.it thy nakedness Це not discovered thereon."...

...of hewn stones— stones altered from their natural shape into an artificial one— is assigned, " If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it." • Now, unless we can suppose that God's holy word is less worthy of bis conservative regard, than...

...Lord and Master, and with this his work. For " his altar must not be built of hewn stones, because if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it." (Exodus xx 25, Dent. xxvii. 5, 6, Josh viii. 30.) "If ye have built houses of hewn stone, ye shall...

...ritual, that the altar of God should be without carved work — of earth, or of unhewn stone ; '• if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.' Ex. xx. 25. In fact, if the first rule be observed, the second cannot be infringed. True feeling always...

...all places where 1 record my name I will come unlo ihee, and I will bless ihee. 25 And if ihou will make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it...stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluled it. 26 Neilher shall ihou go up by sleps unlo mine altar, lhal thy nakedness be not discovered...

...thine oxen : in all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt...thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness fre not discovered thereon. Some...

...was in building. 1 Kings vi. 7. The reason for this is perhaps best explained by Exod. xx. 25. "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt...hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it (the Temple), thou hast polluted it." 1 Antiq. 15, xi. 7. Where he adds also, that this testimony was...

...will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, Ihou shall T il, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shall fnou go up by sleps unlo mine aliar, lhat Ihy nakedness...

...thine oxen: in all places where 1 record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And 4 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon....