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.”

⁵² This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,^(A) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap^(B) and pillar to my side to harm me.^(C)

²⁷ “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone^(A) will be a witness^(B) 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^(C) to your God.”^(D)