KJV King James Version
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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Exodus 24:4
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;
Surrounding context — Exodus 24
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
4 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.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
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וַיִּכְתֹּ֣בH3789 · ka.tavto writeמֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallדִּבְרֵ֣יH1697 · da.varwordיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣םH7925 · sha.khamto riseבַּבֹּ֔קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningוַיִּ֥בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildמִזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarתַּ֣חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהָהָ֑רH2022 · harmountain: mountוּשְׁתֵּ֤יםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵה֙H6240 · a.sartenמַצֵּבָ֔הH4676 · mats.tse.vahpillarלִשְׁנֵ֥יםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעָשָׂ֖רH6240 · a.sartenשִׁבְטֵ֥יH7626 · she.vettribe: staffיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Genesis 28:18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.Deuteronomy 31:9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.Galatians 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.Luke 22:30That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Joshua 4:8-9And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.Revelation 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Genesis 31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.Ezra 6:17And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:Exodus 28:21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.Joshua 24:26-27And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD.Exodus 20:24-26An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.Joshua 4:2-3Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,Leviticus 24:5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.Numbers 17:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.Joshua 4:20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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