1 Samuel 7:12
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12 Samuel then took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Jeshanah; he named it Ebenezer,[a] explaining, “As far as this place the Lord has been our help.”
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- 7:12 Ebenezer: “stone of the helper,” i.e., the Lord.
Genesis 31:52
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52 This mound will be a witness, and this sacred pillar will be a witness, that, with hostile intent, I may not pass beyond this mound into your territory, nor may you pass beyond it into mine.
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Joshua 24:27
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27 And Joshua said to all the people, “This stone shall be our witness,(A) for it has heard all the words which the Lord spoke to us. It shall be a witness against you, should you wish to deny your God.”
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