Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. ¹ 

All the people went and demolished ¹  the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. ²  They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

They will no longer trust in ¹  the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. ² 

Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. ¹ 

Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles. ¹ 

and he slaughtered it. ¹  Moses then splashed the blood against the altar’s sides.

He burned the bones of the pagan priests ¹  on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

¹ Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.” ¹ 

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

He removed the pagan altars ¹  and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. ² 

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

These people continually and blatantly offend me ¹  as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ²  and burn incense on brick altars. ³ 

lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar’s sides.

He then slaughtered the burnt offering, and his sons ¹  handed ²  the blood to him and he splashed ³  it against the altar’s sides.

Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, ¹  the curtain, and all their service. ² 

Then God met Balaam, who ¹  said to him, “I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”