OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 24:4

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Moses wrote all the LORD’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Verse 4. Titles. That is, pillars; ( Challoner.) or altars, round that made of turf; (Calmet. 20:24); which represented God. Part of the blood was poured upon this altar, and the rest upon the Hebrews, to remind them, that if they proved rebellious, their blood should be spilt. Calmet.

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