Exodus 24:4

“Moses wrote all the words of YHWH. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve standing stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Exodus 24:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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The people answer, “All the words that YHWH has spoken we will do”Obedience

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Exodus 24:4, word by word

Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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wroteיִּכְתֹּבyichtov

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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He rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem

rise early

To get up early to do something.

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in the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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and builtיִּבֶןyiven

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

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of the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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and twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem

double

Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.

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and twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

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standing stonesמַצֵּבָהmatseva

standing stone

Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.

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tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

3Moses came and told the people all the words of YHWH and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that YHWH has spoken we will do.”

4 · This verse (above)

5He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as sacrifices of peace to YHWH.

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