(high). First altars were simple memorial piles (Gen. 8:20; 12:7; 26:25; 35:1). Afterward to lay sacrifices upon (Ex. 17:15-16; 27:1-8). Usually built of earth or stone (Ex. 20:24-26); but sacrificial altars quite elaborate (Ex. 40:26-33). Still more elaborate in Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:64; 2 Chron. 7:7). Altar fires to burn perpetually (Lev. 6:12-13). Altar of Incense, called “golden” to distinguish it from Altar of Sacrifice, called “brazen” (Ex. 30:1-10; 40:5, 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Chron. 28:18).