Deuteronomy 27:5
“It was once counted a glory for the altar that no axe had been lifted upon it, no stonecutter's tool seen or heard. The higher meaning was that whatever was consecrated to God should be natural and free from artifice.”
Source: Septuagint
5And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up iron upon it.
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3And thou shalt write on these stones all the words of this law, as soon as ye have crossed Jordan, when ye are entered into the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers gives thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, according as the Lord God of thy fathers said to thee.
4And it shall be as soon as ye are gone over Jordan, ye shall set up these stones, which I command thee this day, on Mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.
— Deuteronomy 27:5 —
6Of whole stones shalt thou build an altar to the Lord thy God, and thou shalt offer upon it whole burnt offerings to the Lord thy God.
7And thou shalt there offer a peace offering; and thou shalt eat and be filled, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.