Verse 31
31. Twelve stones Indicative of the twelve tribes; and like those which were taken out of the midst of Jordan and set up at Gilgal, (Joshua 4:3; Joshua 4:20,) a memorial of the national unity and Divine election of Israel.
Israel shall be thy name Perhaps Elijah, while building the altar, audibly repeated these words in the ears of all the people, and would thus teach by word as well as symbol that the whole twelve tribes, not ten merely, were named Israel. The division of Israel into two kingdoms was the result of sin.
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