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Judges 9:6
All the leaders of Shechem and all Beth millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the memorial stone which was in Shechem.
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Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
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Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Joshua 4:20-24
As for those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up at Gilgal.And he said to the sons of Israel,“ When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying,‘ What are these stones?’then you shall inform your children, saying,‘ Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”
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Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and it was named Allon bacuth.
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Genesis 28:18-22
So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top.Then he named that place Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz.Jacob also made a vow, saying,“ If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and give me food to eat and garments to wear,and I return to my father’s house in safety, then the Lord will be my God.And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, will be God’s house, and of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”
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Deuteronomy 31:24-26
It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this Law in a book until they were complete,that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,“ Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
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Joshua 4:3-9
and command them, saying,‘ Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firmly, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the encampment where you will spend the night.’ ”So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;and Joshua said to them,“ Cross again to the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.This shall be a sign among you; when your children ask later, saying,‘ What do these stones mean to you?’then you shall say to them,‘ That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”So the sons of Israel did exactly as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the encampment and put them down there.Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.