And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the idol pole which you shall cut down.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Top. Hebrew, "on the top of this fortress, (Mawz. Daniel xi. 38.; Septuagint) on the platform, (Calmet) or place appointed. "(Haydock)
Offer. Though Gedeon was not a priest, he was authorized to offer sacrifice. (Menochius)
God can dispense with his own laws. (Haydock)