1 Kings 18:31-33

New English Translation

³¹ Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord’s message had come, “Israel will be your name.”^{[a] 32} With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord.^[b] Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs^[c] of seed. ³³ He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.”