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 this Law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah's sanctuary.

And builded

Make an altar of earth for me. Sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as peace offerings. In every place that I set-aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you.

Twelve pillars

Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.

Jacob took a stone and set it up as a marker.

He told the people: This stone will serve as our witness. It has heard all the words that Jehovah spoke to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God.

When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.

According

The stones represent the twelve sons of Israel, by name, each stone engraved like a signet ring with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour.

Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man's name on his staff.

Take twelve men out of the people. Take a man out of every tribe.

Ahijah took his new robe in his hands and tore it into twelve pieces.

They gave a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep and four hundred lambs as offerings at the opening of this house of God. They gave twelve he goats as a sin offering for all of Israel. Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel.

Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

General references

When that time comes, there will be an altar to Jehovah in the middle of the land of Egypt and a stone pillar dedicated to him at the Egyptian border.