C. I have never read Pilgrimage or sacred stone in the Bible. M. This has been mentioned clearly several times but overlooked by Bible readers: 1. Jacob on his way to Padan-aram saw a vision and built the next morning a pillar of stone, which he called Beth- El, i.e. the House of the Lord. (Genesis 28:18-19). 2. Years later the same Prophet, Jacob, was ordered by Allah to go to Beth-El (Genesis 35:4,14,15). Jacob removed all the strange idol gods and graven images prior to going there. Centuries later Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) also destroyed all 360 idols in and around the sacred stone (“Ka’bah”) in Makkah. 3. Another pillar was built by Jacob and his father-in-law Laban (Genesis 31:45-49) “And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, gather stones, and they took stones, and made a heap; and they did eat there upon the heap. And Laban called it “Jegarsahadutha,” but Jacob called it “Galeed”.... And “Mizpah” for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee…” 4. Jephthah and Ammon had a war against each other. Jephthah swore to the Lord in Mizpeh of Galeed to sacrifice his only daughter if he won. He did win, and burnt his daughter there alive as an offering to the Lord. Judges. 11: 29-39. 5. 400,000 swordsmen from the eleven tribes of Israel swore before the Lord in Mizpeh to exterminate the tribes of Benjamin. (Judges 20 and 21). 6. The children of Israel under Samuel swore in Mizpeh to destroy their idols if they won against the Philistines (I Samuel 7).
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