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Ex 24:4 Strong Concordance And Moses [04872] wrote [03789] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068], and rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and builded [01129] an altar [04196] under the hill [02022], and twelve pillars [04676], according to the twelve [08147] [06240] tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
  King James 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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Twelve pillars - As the altar was a symbol of the presence of Yahweh, so these twelve pillars represented the presence of the Twelve tribes with whom He was making the covenant.
 
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7 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the tabernacle [0168], and pitched [05186] it without [02351] the camp [04264], afar off [07368] from the camp [04264], and called [07121] it the Tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]. And it came to pass, that every one which sought [01245] the LORD [03068] went out [03318] unto the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], which was without [02351] the camp [04264].
8 And it came to pass, when Moses [04872] went out [03318] unto the tabernacle [0168], that all the people [05971] rose up [06965], and stood [05324] every man [0376] at his tent [0168] door [06607], and looked [05027] after [0310] Moses [04872], until he was gone [0935] into the tabernacle [0168].
9 And it came to pass, as Moses [04872] entered [0935] into the tabernacle [0168], the cloudy [06051] pillar [05982] descended [03381], and stood [05975] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168], and the LORD talked [01696] with Moses [04872].
10 And all the people [05971] saw [07200] the cloudy [06051] pillar [05982] stand [05975] at the tabernacle [0168] door [06607]: and all the people [05971] rose up [06965] and worshipped [07812], every man [0376] in his tent [0168] door [06607].
11 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] face [06440] to face [06440], as a man [0376] speaketh [01696] unto his friend [07453]. And he turned again [07725] into the camp [04264]: but his servant [08334] Joshua [03091], the son [01121] of Nun [05126], a young man [05288], departed [04185] not out [08432] of the tabernacle [0168].
24 An altar [04196] of earth [0127] thou shalt make [06213] unto me, and shalt sacrifice [02076] thereon thy burnt offerings [05930], and thy peace offerings [08002], thy sheep [06629], and thine oxen [01241]: in all places [04725] where I record [02142] my name [08034] I will come [0935] unto thee, and I will bless [01288] thee.
3 And Moses [04872] came [0935] and told [05608] the people [05971] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068], and all the judgments [04941]: and all the people [05971] answered [06030] with one [0259] voice [06963], and said [0559], All the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213].