1Ki 18:31 Cross References

1 Kings 18:31

31: He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,

And this is still going on among them today. They follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the LORD and obeying the laws, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.

"Your name will no longer be Jacob," the man told him. "It is now Israel, because you have struggled with both God and men and have won."

It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River.

Tell the men to take twelve stones from where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan and pile them up at the place where you camp tonight."
So Joshua called together the twelve men

And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God. There were 144,000 who were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:
from Judah......... 12,000 from Reuben........ 12,000 from Gad........... 12,000
from Asher......... 12,000 from Naphtali....... 12,000 from Manasseh...... 12,000
from Simeon....... 12,000 from Levi........... 12,000 from Issachar........ 12,000
from Zebulun....... 12,000 from Joseph......... 12,000 from Benjamin...... 12,000

This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Follow these instructions for dividing the land for the twelve tribes of Israel: The tribe of Joseph will be given two shares of land.

"In that day," says the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.

During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, one hundred young bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs were sacrificed. And twelve male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Its walls were broad and high, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. And the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates.

We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future.
There is only one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us all.

Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD's instructions. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars around the altar, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Son of man, take a stick and carve on it these words: `This stick represents Judah and its allied tribes.' Then take another stick and carve these words on it: `This stick represents the northern tribes of Israel.'
Now hold them together in your hand as one stick.
When your people ask you what your actions mean,
say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one stick in my hand.'
Then hold out the sticks you have inscribed, so the people can see them.

"Listen to me, O family of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don't follow through on any of your promises,

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