20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(A) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(B) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(C) on it.

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Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”(A) So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

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18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre at Hebron,(A) where he built an altar to the Lord.

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18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre(A) at Hebron,(B) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.(C)

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Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel[a] because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:7 Or El-bethel

There he built an altar,(A) and he called the place El Bethel,[a](B) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(C) when he was fleeing from his brother.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.

15 And Moses built an altar(A) and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:15 Or Yahweh-nissi

15 Moses built an altar(A) and called(B) it The Lord is my Banner.

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Renewed Commitment to the Law

30 At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal(A) to the Lord, the God of Israel,

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The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal

30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(A) an altar(B) to the Lord, the God of Israel,

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