KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Moses wrote down everything the LORD had said, then got up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Moses carefully recorded God's words and then built a place of worship with twelve pillars to represent all the tribes of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place at Mount Sinai after God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and other laws. Moses was preparing for a covenant ceremony between God and the nation of Israel. The twelve pillars represented the twelve sons of Jacob (later called Israel), whose descendants became the twelve tribes of the nation.
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