Maimonides
Not to build an altar of hewn stone, as it is said, “Thou shalt not build it of hewn stone” (Ex. 20:25).
Exodus 20:25
- KJV
- And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
- ASV
- And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
- WEB
- If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
- JPS
- Not in the JPS Tanakh at this reference.