Exodus 24:4
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4 Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 31:9
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9 So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.
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Genesis 28:18
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18 The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
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Revelation 21:14
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14 The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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Galatians 2:9
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9 In fact, James, Peter,[a] and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews.
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Luke 22:30
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30 to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Joshua 4:8-9
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8 So the men did as Joshua had commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and constructed the memorial there.
9 Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.
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Ezra 6:17
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17 During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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1 Kings 11:30
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30 and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
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Joshua 24:26-27
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26 Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God’s Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the Lord.
27 Joshua said to all the people, “This stone has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God.”
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Joshua 4:20
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20 It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River.
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Joshua 4:2-3
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2 “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe. 3 Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”
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Numbers 17:2
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2 “Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel’s ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader’s name on his staff.
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Leviticus 24:5
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5 “You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts[a] of flour for each loaf.
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- 24:5 Hebrew 2⁄10 of an ephah [4.4 liters].
Exodus 28:21
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21 Each stone will represent one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe will be engraved on it like a seal.
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Exodus 20:24-26
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24 “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use. 26 And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.
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Genesis 31:45
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45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.
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Genesis 28:22
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22 And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me.”
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