Exodus 20:24-26

The Voice

²⁴ Take earth and build an altar to Me and sacrifice all of your burnt offerings and peace offerings there. Offer Me the best of your sheep and oxen. Wherever I choose for My name to be remembered, I will come to you and shower blessings upon you. ²⁵ But if you decide to build an altar out of stones for Me, use only natural stones, not hand-cut stones, because any attempt to shape them with your tools will desecrate the altar. ²⁶ Also, do not approach My altar by walking up steps, for you might profane the altar by exposing your nakedness.”