²⁴ 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. ^(A)In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and ^(B)bless you. ^25 (C)If you make me an altar of stone, ^(D)you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

⁴ And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, ^(A)on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. ⁵ And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. ^(B)You shall wield no iron tool on them; ⁶ you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut^[a] stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,