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Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.Toand he wroteH3789 →
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣םvai.yash.Kemand he rose earlyH7925 →
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242 →
וַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129 →
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196 →
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
הָהָ֑רha.Harthe mountainH2022 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֤יםu.she.Teimand two [plus]H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehtenH6240 →
מַצֵּבָ֔הma.tze.Vahpillar[s]H4676 →
לִשְׁנֵ֥יםlish.Neimfor two [plus]H8147 →
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SartenH6240 →
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.Exodus 34:27The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.Deuteronomy 31:9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.Genesis 28:18Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,Revelation 21:14The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Galatians 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.Joshua 4:8–9Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Isaiah 19:19In 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.Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”Deuteronomy 27:5Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.Numbers 17:2“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,Exodus 28:21The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.Joshua 24:26–27Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,Genesis 31:45So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,Genesis 28:22And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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