Animal Sacrifice Altars in the Land of Israel

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NAME AND LOCATION	CONSTRUCTION	HORNED	ORIENTATION TO COMPASS POINTS	ON SLOPE?	DIMENSIONS SIMILAR TO TABERNACLE ALTAR
OUR ALTAR (near Shiloh)	solid rock	yes	corners	yes	yes
MANOAH’S ALTAR (Zorah)	solid rock	no	corners	yes	yes
SAMARIA ALTAR	solid rock	no	sides	yes	no
MT. EBAL ALTAR	stone built	no	corners	yes	no
ARAD ALTAR	stone-brick	no	sides	inside city	yes
BEER-SHEVA ALTAR	stone built	yes	unknown	unknown	unknown
SHECHEM ALTAR	stone built	unknown	corners (roughly)	inside city	unknown