and I will bless you.’ Moses also set up twelve pillars symbolizing the twelve tribes of Israel, the people as a whole. Pillars often serve as testimonials of covenants in the Bible (see Gen. 31:45–54; Josh. 24:27). So both parties of the covenant were represented by physical signs—Yahweh by the altar and Israel by the pillars. 24:5. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt offerings and they sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh. In the next step