This article is about the stones of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. For the band, see 12 Stones.
The Twelve Stones (Hebrew: מצבות, romanized: maṣṣəwoṯ) are steles, a common form of marking a spectacular religious event in the days of Kingdom of Judah before the time of King Josiah (Deuteronomy 27:1–8).[1] According to the Bible, the steles were specifically placed in a circle at Gilgal, where the heads of each tribe stood at the meeting that the Twelve Tribes had with Joshua as their leader immediately following the crossing of the Jordan River into the land of Israel (Joshua 4:1–11)).[2] This was practiced for a limited period of time in the northern Kingdom of Israel.
Similarly, the prophet Elijah used twelve stones (Hebrew: אֲבָנִים, romanized: ʾəvānim, lit. 'stones') to build an altar (1 Kings 18:30–31). The stones were from a broken altar that had been built on Mount Carmel before the First Temple was erected. Upon the completion of the Temple, offerings on other altars became forbidden. What was unique with Elijah's altar was that God would ignite the offering with fire (or lightning) from heaven. The timing of this display made it the most spectacular religious event since the Exodus. Use of a twelve stone monument became a form of marking a spectacular event. King Josiah abolished the practice because some people attached religious significance to the stones themselves, resembling idolatry.
prophet Elijah used twelvestones (Hebrew: אֲבָנִים, romanized: ʾəvānim, lit. 'stones') to build an altar (1 Kings 18:30–31). The stones were from a broken...
connection between the twelvestones in Aaron's breastplate (signifying the tribes of Israel, as described in the Book of Exodus), the twelve months of the year...
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'stone-plates' (Steinplatten), are of various sizes and decorated solely with precious stone and pearls in raised filigree settings. The twelvestones...
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encamped immediately after crossing the Jordan River. There, they erected twelvestones as a memorial to the miraculous stopping of the river when they crossed...
altar. Altar Stone (Stonehenge) Antimension Tabot Thabilitho For example, Elijah built his altar of twelvestones: "He took twelvestones, for the number...
more fully, Book of Revelation, xxi, 18–21). The twelvestones of the breastplate and the two stones of the shoulder-ornaments were considered by the...
forcing survivors to live underground. A group known as the Army of the Twelve Monkeys is believed to have released the virus. In 2035, James Cole is a...
stone circles. A long barrow burial chamber has been found under the stones of The Cove. It is thought that this predates the erection of the stones by...
fertility god. The description of his image as a gold figure surrounded by twelvestone or bronze figures has been interpreted by some as representing the sun...
When the score was twelvestones each, Uther threw a thirteenth stone, but it rolled down the hill. Tue picked up this fallen stone, and as he lifted it...
named because twelve solid marble slabs have been used in its construction. Hence, it is also known as the "Palace of the TwelveStones". The Jag Mandir...
gemstones, called on that account Abraxas stones, which were used as amulets or charms. As the initial spelling on stones was Abrasax (Αβρασαξ), the spelling...
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connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written...
a stone circle consisting of two circles of stones, one within the other, over ten feet in diameter. The outermost ring is made up of twelvestones worked...
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