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Pillars
The supports of a building - Jud 16:29
Things raised up as memorials - Ge 31:51
MADE OF
- Marble
- Es 1:6- Wood
- 1Ki 10:12- Iron
- Jer 1:18- Brass
- 1Ki 7:15- Silver
- So 3:10The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by - Ex 26:32,37; 36:36,38
Two, placed in the temple porch - 1Ki 7:15-21
OF MEMORIAL
- Sometimes of a single stone
- Ge 28:18- Sometimes of a heap of stones
- Jos 4:8,9,20- To witness vows
- Ge 28:18; 31:13- To witness covenants
- Ge 31:52- To mark the graves of the dead
- Ge 35:20- To commemorate remarkable events
- Ex 24:4; Jos 4:20,24- To perpetuate names
- 2Sa 18:18- In honour of idols
- Le 26:1; De 7:5- Often anointed
- Ge 28:18; 31:13- Often had inscriptions
- Job 19:24The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of - Ex 13:21,22; Nu 12:5
Lot's wife became a pillar of salt - Ge 19:26
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Stability of the heavens
- Job 26:11- Stability of the earth
- 1Sa 2:8; Ps 75:3- The church
- 1Ti 3:15- Stability of Christ
- So 5:15; Re 10:1- Ministers
- Jer 1:18; Ga 2:9- Saints who overcome in Christ
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