*1.* “So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence.” *2* “And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments.” *3* “When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.” *4* “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”