OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 35:14

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Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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Verse 14. Set up either a fresh altar, or restored the stone which he had formerly used for sacrifice. Saint Augustine q. 116.—Drink, wine.—Oil. Theophrastus, speaking of a man addicted to superstition, says, “he adores every anointed stone.” Calmet.

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