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Selected Verse: Exodus 24:4 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
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]. |
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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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
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. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
builded
Compare (Exo 33:7-11).
This arrangement for worship was temporarily called the "tabernacle." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And Moses wrote the words of the Lord - That there might be no mistake; as God dictated them on the mount, where, it is highly probable, God taught him the use of letters. These Moses taught the Israelites, from whom they afterwards travelled to Greece and other nations. As soon as God had separated to himself a peculiar people, he governed them by a written word, as he has done ever since, and will do while the world stands. Pillars according to the number of the tribes - These were to represent the people, the other party to the covenant; and we may suppose they were set up over against the altar, and that Moses as mediator passed to and fro between them. Probably each tribe set up and knew its own pillar, and their elders stood by it. He then appointed sacrifices to be offered upon the altar. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Moses wrote all the words of the Lord - After the people had promised obedience, (Exo 24:3), and so entered into the bonds of the covenant, "it was necessary," says Calmet, "to draw up an act by which the memory of these transactions might be preserved, and confirm the covenant by authentic and solemn ceremonies." And this Moses does.
1. As legislator, he reduces to writing all the articles and conditions of the agreement, with the people's act of consent.
2. As their mediator and the deputy of the Lord, he accepts on his part the resolution of the people; and Jehovah on his part engages himself to Israel, to be their God, their King, and Protector, and to fulfill to them all the promises he had made to their fathers.
3. To make this the more solemn and affecting, and to ratify the covenant, which could not be done without sacrifice, shedding and sprinkling of blood, Moses builds an altar, probably of turf, as was commanded, Exo 20:24, and erects twelve pillars, no doubt of unhewn stone, and probably set round about the altar. The altar itself represented the throne of God; the twelve stones, the twelve tribes of Israel. These were the two parties, who were to contract, or enter into covenant, on this occasion. |
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].