1 Kings 18:30-32
New Century Version
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Now come to me.” So they gathered around him, and Elijah rebuilt the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 He took twelve stones, one stone for each of the twelve tribes, the number of Jacob’s sons. (The Lord changed Jacob’s name to Israel.) 32 Elijah used these stones to rebuild the altar in honor of the Lord. Then he dug a ditch around the altar that was big enough to hold about thirteen quarts of seed.
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1 Kings 18:30-32
New King James Version
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. (A)And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, (B)“Israel shall be your name.” 32 Then with the stones he built an altar (C)in the name of the Lord; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
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1 Kings 18:30-32
English Standard Version
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been (A)thrown down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, (B)“Israel shall be your name,” 32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs[a] of seed.
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- 1 Kings 18:32 A seah was about 7.7 quarts or 7.3 liters
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