24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
25Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it. 26And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
Deuteronomy 27: 5Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them. 6You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God. 7There you are to sacrifice your peace offerings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God.
Altar of earth.....
“In opposition to the costly shrines and services of those dunghill deities.” (Trapp)
Trapp cuts to the chase, dunghill deities!
The Lord didn’t want altars to draw attention away from atonement of sins and sacrifice, because it would draw attention to man and his accomplishments!
I recall studying Abraham and the altar he built to sacrifice his son as the Lord requested. I always wondered, why a simple stone altar?
It was “In opposition to the costly shrines and services of those dunghill deities”!
Let that statement sink in and glance around the world today.
Can you point out any costly shrines of dunghill deities?
Blessings, David
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