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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 12:7,8
And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
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Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.
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Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on the wood.
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Library

Abraham, the Man of Prayer
... These altars built by Abraham were, first of all, essentially altars about which
he gathered his household, as distinguished from secret prayer. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bounds/prayer and praying men/iii abraham the man of.htm

The Story of Abraham and Isaac
... Abraham and all his descendants, those who should come after him, that he was not
pleased with such offerings as those of living people, killed on the altars. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of abraham and.htm

From Abraham to Egypt.
... The erection of such altars and making such open profession of their worship were ...
Abraham gave a tithe to Melchizedek and Jacob promised God to do the same if ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter iv from abraham to.htm

Christ Our High Priest.
... he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham." Shem
had ... Men could no longer build their own altars and offer their own sacrifices. ...
/.../xi christ our high priest.htm

Jehovah-Jireh
... The world had built altars, and Israel, by divine appointment, had its
altar too. ... He asked from Abraham less than He gives to us. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/jehovah-jireh.htm

The Emperor Constantine Abolishes Paganism and Erects Many ...
... near the Oak of Mamre, under which the Sacred Oracles declare that Abraham entertained
angels. For the emperor having been informed that altars had been reared ...
/.../chapter xviii the emperor constantine abolishes.htm

Introductory Notice to the Early Liturgies.
... Previously the faithful everywhere had imitated the sacrifices of their fathers,
Noah and Abraham, who reared their altars everywhere, as Job also did ...
/.../various/early liturgies/introductory notice to the early.htm

Scenes in the Lives of the Patriarchs.
... Upon the hill-tops around, were the observatories and altars of Chaldean philosophy ...
pair, was renewed; and as an outward seal, he was named Abraham, The father ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/scenes in the lives of.htm

Putting God to Work
... To Abraham God is existent, approachable, and all powerful, but at the same time
He defers to men, acts favourably on ... Ashes and not flames are on its altars. ...
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The Unity of Revelation. 1 "Known unto God are all his Works from ...
... of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof," the altars of the ... The work
assigned to Noah was not that of Abraham; nor was Abraham's work that of ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxvi the unity of.htm

Subtopics

Altars

Altars for Burnt-Offering

Altars for Idolatrous Worship, often Erected on Roofs of Houses

Altars for Idolatrous Worship, to be Destroyed

Altars of Brick, Hateful to God

Altars of David

Altars of Gideon