Judges 6:26

Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses this command to Gideon on the night immediately following the instruction to destroy his father's Baal altar and Asherah pole.

The words — The Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbeach, "altar") and הַמָּעֹז (hamma'oz, "the stronghold") specify that a new altar must be constructed on the highest point of the existing fortified location.

The thread — This directive aligns with the pattern of building an altar on a specific divinely appointed site in 2 Samuel 24:18 and reflects the biblical principle that worship must be conducted in a proper and orderly manner as stated in 1 Corinthians 14:33 and 1 Corinthians 14:40.

Why it lands — The text commands the replacement of idolatrous worship with a consecrated sacrifice to Yahweh, requiring the reader to execute deliberate obedience by establishing a new place of worship on the exact site of former rebellion.

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The Hebrew words

וּבָנִ֨יתָu./va.Ni.taand/ you will build מִזְבֵּ֜חַmiz.Be.achan altar לַיהוָ֣הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your עַ֣ל'alon רֹ֧אשׁrosh[the] top of הַמָּע֛וֹזha./ma.'ozthe/ place of refuge הַזֶּ֖הha./Zeh<the>/ this בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑הba./ma.'a.ra.Khahin the/ row וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ve./la.kach.Taand/ you will take אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַפָּ֣רha./Parthe/ young bull הַשֵּׁנִ֔יha./she.Ni<the>/ second וְהַעֲלִ֣יתָve./ha.'a.Li.taand/ you will offer up עוֹלָ֔הo.Laha burnt offering בַּעֲצֵ֥יba./'a.Tzeiwith/ [the] wood<s> of הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הha./'a.she.Rahthe/ Asherah pole אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich תִּכְרֹֽת׃tikh.Rotyou will cut down

King James Version

And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 14:40 But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
2 Samuel 24:18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”