Thematic Bible: Of memorial
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Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually.
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And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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Pillars » Of memorial » In honor of idols
But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with fire.
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Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I am Jehovah your God.
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Pillars » Of memorial » To witness vows
And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
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I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Often anointed
And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
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I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a heap of stones
And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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And the children of Israel did so, as Joshua had commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging-place, and laid them down there. And twelve stones did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood firm; and they are there to this day.
Pillars » Of memorial » To perpetuate names
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the monument after his own name; and it is called unto this day, Absalom's memorial.
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Pillars » Of memorial » To mark the graves of the dead
And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a single stone
And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
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Pillars » Of memorial » To witness covenants
let this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap to go to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar to come to me, for harm.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Often had inscriptions
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
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