Exodus 20:25

not... hewn stone. No human handiwork tc be used in approaching God in worship. tool. Man's work, in this sphere, pollutes.

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and Deuteronomy 27:5 Deuteronomy 27:6 Joshua 8:31 build it of hewn stone. Heb. build them with hewing

²⁵ And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not buildb it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

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Exodus 20:25