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.

And builded

General references

Bible References

Wrote

Deuteronomy 31:9
Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord's covenant, and to all Israel's elders.
Joshua 24:26
Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord's shrine.

And builded

Exodus 20:24
You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

Twelve pillars

Genesis 28:18
Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.
Genesis 31:45
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
Joshua 24:27
Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God."
Galatians 2:9
and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

According

Exodus 28:21
The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.
Leviticus 24:5
"You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf,
Numbers 17:2
"Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man's name on his staff.
Joshua 4:2
"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.
1 Kings 11:30
and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.
Ezra 6:17
For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Luke 22:30
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 21:14
The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

General references

Isaiah 19:19
At that time there will be an altar for the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the Lord at its border.

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