Quotes About Altar

Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

And you say, ëIf anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.í

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaronís staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God