Bible Verses About Altar
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for altar, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,571 votes, led by Genesis 8:20-22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Altar
Genesis 8:20-2278 votes
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Hebrews 13:1065 votes
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Exodus 20:24-2656 votes
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Revelation 6:9-1155 votes
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Genesis 12:753 votes
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
Genesis 8:2049 votes
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 35:1-1448 votes
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Exodus 20:2439 votes
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Exodus 17:1538 votes
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:
Genesis 22:937 votes
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
2 Samuel 24:2437 votes
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Genesis 26:2534 votes
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Exodus 24:427 votes
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Romans 12:127 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Matthew 5:2426 votes
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Numbers 4:1125 votes
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
Exodus 20:2623 votes
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
1 Kings 8:6423 votes
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
1 Kings 9:2523 votes
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
Genesis 13:422 votes
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Acts 17:2322 votes
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Genesis 12:821 votes
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
2 Kings 23:1221 votes
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
Genesis 13:1820 votes
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
Genesis 35:719 votes
And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
What does the Bible say about altar?
Readers most often cite Genesis 8:20-22 on the subject of altar. Across 1,571 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:10, Exodus 20:24-26, Revelation 6:9-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.