Stone Pillars

Some articles on stone pillars, stone, pillar, pillars:

Mishpatim - In Inner-biblical Interpretation - Exodus Chapter 23 - Stone Pillars
... In Genesis 2818, Jacob took the stone on which he had slept, set it up as a pillar (מַצֵּבָה, matzeivah), and poured oil on the top of it ... Israelites to break in pieces the Canaanites' pillars (מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶם, matzeivoteihem) ... Leviticus 261 would direct the Israelites not to rear up a pillar (מַצֵּבָה, matzeivah) ...
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County - Name
... Shizhu literally means "Stone Pillars", which is named after two big human-like natural stone pillars standing on Wanshou Mountain ... The two stone pillars were once a loving couple in a native "Romeo and Juliet" style love story ... against feudal oppression of free love, they died together tragically, and turned into two stone pillars standing face-to-face on Wanshou Mountain, never to be apart again ...
Sreevallabha Temple - Architecture
... the third flagstaff, balikkalpura (room of the major sacrificial stone) is built around a ten feet tall balipeetha (main sacrificial stone) ... and balikkalpura) is a double storied copper sheet roofed building standing on 16 stone pillars ... These pillars and the roof are noted for their exquisite and minute carvings demonstrating the excellence of those who built it ...

Famous quotes containing the words pillars and/or stone:

    “Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high.”
    —Judith Rascoe, U.S. screenwriter, Robert Stone (b. 1939)