Build an altar there made of stones that have had no iron tools used on them,

because any altar you build for the LORD your God must be made of uncut stones. There you are to offer the sacrifices that are to be burned,

He made it according to the instructions that Moses, the LORD's servant, had given the Israelites, as it says in the Law of Moses: "an altar made of stones which have not been cut with iron tools." On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD, and they also presented their fellowship offerings.