Thematic Bible: Of memorial
Thematic Bible
Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and 12 pillars for the 12 tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain.
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This is so that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is mighty, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.”
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Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan,
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Pillars » Of memorial » In honor of idols
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn up their carved images.
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“Do not make idols for yourselves, set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am Yahweh your God.
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Pillars » Of memorial » To witness vows
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
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I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to Me. Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.’”
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Pillars » Of memorial » Often anointed
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
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I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to Me. Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.’”
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Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a heap of stones
Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan,
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The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The 12 men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there. Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are there to this day.
Pillars » Of memorial » To perpetuate names
When he was alive, Absalom had set up a pillar for himself in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.
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Pillars » Of memorial » To mark the graves of the dead
Jacob set up a marker on her grave; it is the marker at Rachel’s grave to this day.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a single stone
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
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Pillars » Of memorial » To witness covenants
This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.
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Pillars » Of memorial » Often had inscriptions
by an iron stylus and lead!