And (A)Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve (B)pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Moses then wrote(A) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(B) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(C) representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

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The Reading of the Law

Then Moses (A)wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, (B)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Public Reading of the Law

So Moses wrote(A) down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried(B) the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

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18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up (A)for a pillar (B)and poured oil on the top of it.

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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)

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14 And the wall of the city had twelve (A)foundations, and (B)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations,(A) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(B) of the Lamb.

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and when James and Cephas and John, (A)who seemed to be (B)pillars, perceived the (C)grace that was given to me, they (D)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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James,(A) Cephas[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(C) gave me and Barnabas(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(F) and they to the circumcised.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14

30 (A)that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and (B)sit on thrones judging (C)the twelve tribes of Israel.

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30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom(A) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(B)

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And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the Lord told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down[a] there. And Joshua set up[b] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, (A)in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.

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  1. Joshua 4:8 Or to rest
  2. Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua had set up

So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones(A) from the middle of the Jordan,(B) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;(C) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. Joshua set up the twelve stones(D) 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.(E)

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

17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel (A)12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered(A) a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering[a] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

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  1. Ezra 6:17 Or purification offering

30 Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, (A)and tore it into twelve pieces.

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30 and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore(A) it into twelve pieces.

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26 And Joshua (A)wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And (B)he took a large stone and set it up there (C)under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, (D)this stone shall be a witness against us, for (E)it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with 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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20 And (A)those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

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20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(A) they had taken out of the Jordan.

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(A)“Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, and command them, saying, ‘Take (B)twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place (C)where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in (D)the place where you lodge tonight.’”

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“Choose twelve men(A) from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones(B) from the middle of the Jordan,(C) from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.(D)

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(A)“Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers' house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff,

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“Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs(A) from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.(B) Write the name of each man on his staff.

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