^25 (A)If you make me an altar of stone, ^(B)you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

³¹ just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, “an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool.” And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.

⁵ And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. ^(A)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,