“Unity knows no number, equality allows no scale. As Scripture says, "You shall not go up by steps to my altar."”
Cassiodorus, 6th c. — EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 116:2
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26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25And 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.