Quotes about Israel
Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
— Exodus 19:3
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
— Exodus 24:1
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
— Exodus 24:4
Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
— Exodus 24:5
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
— Exodus 24:9
and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
— Exodus 24:10
But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
— Exodus 24:11
Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
— Exodus 28:9
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
— Exodus 28:12
The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
— Exodus 28:21
Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
— Exodus 28:29
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
— Exodus 28:30