12 Then Samuel (A)took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name [a]Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Lit. Stone of Help

12 Then Samuel took a stone(A) and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[a](B) saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.

10 (A)who delivered us from so great a death, and [a]does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:10 NU shall

10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(A) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(B) that he will continue to deliver us,

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Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

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Joshua set up the twelve stones(A) that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.(B)

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  1. Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua also set up twelve stones

22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those (A)which the prophets and (B)Moses said would come—

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22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(A)

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14 And Abraham called the name of the place, [a]The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

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  1. Genesis 22:14 Heb. YHWH Yireh

14 So Abraham called(A) that place The Lord(B) Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.(C)

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14 So Jacob (A)set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

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14 Jacob set up a stone pillar(A) at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering(B) on it; he also poured oil on it.(C)

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The Philistines and the Ark

Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it (A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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The Ark in Ashdod and Ekron

After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer(A) to Ashdod.(B)

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“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(A)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
Even to your old age, (B)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (C)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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  1. Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly

“Listen(A) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant(B) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(C)
    and have carried(D) since you were born.(E)
Even to your old age and gray hairs(F)
    I am he,(G) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain(H) you and I will rescue you.

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45 So Jacob (A)took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. 47 Laban called it [a]Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it [b]Galeed. 48 And Laban said, (B)“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, 49 also (C)Mizpah,[c] because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

51 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

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  1. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Aram., Heap of Witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Heb., Heap of Witness
  3. Genesis 31:49 Lit. Watch

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.(A) 46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(B) and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](C)

48 Laban said, “This heap(D) is a witness between you and me today.”(E) That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah,[b](F) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you mistreat(G) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(H) between you and me.”(I)

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap,(J) and here is this pillar(K) I have set up between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(L) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(M) and pillar to my side to harm me.(N)

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  1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
  2. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.

20 And (A)those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: (B)“When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, saying, (C)‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on (D)dry land’; 23 for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, (E)which He dried up before us until we had crossed over, 24 (F)that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is (G)mighty, that you may (H)fear the Lord your God [a]forever.”

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  1. Joshua 4:24 Lit. all days

20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(A) they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(B) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(C) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(D) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(E) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(F) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(G)

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  1. Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds

26 Then Joshua (A)wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took (B)a large stone, and (C)set it up there (D)under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be (E)a witness to us, for (F)it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”

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26 And Joshua recorded(A) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(B) Then he took a large stone(C) and set it up there under the oak(D) near the holy place of the Lord.

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(E) will be a witness(F) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(G) to your God.”(H)

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18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, (A)set it up as a pillar, (B)and poured oil on top of it. 19 And he called the name of (C)that place [a]Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.

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  1. Genesis 28:19 Lit. House of God

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head(A) and set it up as a pillar(B) and poured oil on top of it.(C) 19 He called that place Bethel,[a](D) though the city used to be called Luz.(E)

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  1. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.

19 In that day (A)there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the (B)Lord at its border.

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19 In that day(A) there will be an altar(B) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(C) and a monument(D) to the Lord at its border.

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