Exodus 24:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Wrote

Deuteronomy 31:9

Joshua 24:26

And builded

Exodus 20:24

Twelve pillars

According

General references

Isaiah 19:19

Bible References

Wrote

Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak next to the sanctuary of the Lord.

And builded

“You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats, as well as your cattle. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause My name to be remembered.

Twelve pillars

Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it

So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone—it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

According

The 12 stones are to correspond to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the 12 tribes.

“Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff.

“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,

Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into 12 pieces,

For the dedication of God’s house they offered 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs, as well as 12 male goats as a sin offering for all Israel—one for each Israelite tribe.

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.

General references

On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.