The LORD said to Moses, "Come up the mountain to me, and while you are here, I will give you two stone tablets which contain all the laws that I have written for the instruction of the people."

Each of these twelve stones is to have engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent the tribes of Israel.

He took twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes named for the sons of Jacob, the man to whom the LORD had given the name Israel.

How wonderful are the things the LORD does! All who are delighted with them want to understand them.

The LORD does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.

He named the well "Vow." That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.

The LORD buried him in a valley in Moab, opposite the town of Bethpeor, but to this day no one knows the exact place of his burial.

He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.

David made this a rule, and it has been followed in Israel ever since.

Its original inhabitants had fled to Gittaim, where they have lived ever since.)

The ends of the poles could be seen by anyone standing directly in front of the Most Holy Place, but from nowhere else. (The poles are still there today.)

That is why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.

The guards took the money and did what they were told to do. And so that is the report spread around by the Jews to this very day.