1 Nephi 2: 7

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 2

7 And it came to pass that he built an ^aaltar of ^bstones, and made an ^coffering unto the Lord, and gave ^dthanks unto the Lord our God.

Footnotes

7a	Gen. 12: 7 (7-8). 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, ^aUnto thy ^bseed will I give this ^cland: and there builded he an ^daltar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. Gen. 26: 25. 25 And he builded an ^aaltar there, and called upon the ^bname of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well. Ex. 24: 4. 4 And Moses ^awrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an ^baltar ^cunder the hill, and twelve ^dpillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Abr. 2: 17. 17 Now I, Abraham, built an ^aaltar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the ^bfamine might be turned away from my father’s house, that they might not perish.
b	Ex. 20: 25. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn ^astone: for if thou lift up thy ^btool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Deut. 27: 5 (5-6). 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of ^astones: thou shalt not lift up any ^biron tool upon them. Josh. 8: 31 (30-31). 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an ^aaltar of whole ^bstones, over which no man hath lift up any ^ciron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.
c	TG Sacrifice.
d	TG Thanksgiving.