ClaimChronology and 607 BCEverified1920sExplicit statement

La chronologie et 607 av. n. è. · Claim record

Le 1er décembre 1928, La Tour de Garde déclarait : 'There is therefore no justification for applying any of these texts to the pyramid of Gizeh', et que 'The pyramid of Gizeh is neither a sign nor a witness unto the Lord of hosts', identifiant plutôt l’« autel » et la « colonne » d’Isaïe 19:19, 20 au reste oint.

Claim ID claim-chronology-pyramid-1928-no-justificationConcerns 1 décembre 1928Déclaration explicite

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Déclaration explicite · 1 décembre 1928 Vérifié

Le 1er décembre 1928, La Tour de Garde déclarait : 'There is therefore no justification for applying any of these texts to the pyramid of Gizeh', et que 'The pyramid of Gizeh is neither a sign nor a witness unto the Lord of hosts', identifiant plutôt l’« autel » et la « colonne » d’Isaïe 19:19, 20 au reste oint. Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 décembre 1928Source: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 1 décembre 1928

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : Prédicateurs (1993), p. 201, cite les numéros de La Tour de Garde des 15 novembre et 1er décembre 1928 comme le moment à partir duquel ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses have abandoned the idea that an Egyptian pyramid has anything to do with true worship’.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “The Altar in Egypt (part 2)”

1 décembre 1928 · p.356 · par. 6 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Since all these scriptures referring to the stone are used symbolically to represent Christ, we may know that no natural stone or pile of stone is referred to and that it would be entirely inappropriate to apply these scriptures to the great pyramid. There is therefore no justification for applying any of these texts to the pyramid of Gizeh.”

'The Altar in Egypt' (part 2), The Watch Tower, Vol. XLIX, 1 December 1928, No. 23. The article begins on p. 355 and reads Isaiah 19:19, 20 as applying to the anointed remnant rather than to any building. The words quoted here close paragraph 6, which begins on p. 355 and runs over on to p. 356; the article's own study questions group paragraphs 6 and 7 as the passage dealing with the pyramid.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, The Altar in Egypt (part 2)

Note sur la fiabilité. Wording, issue, page and paragraph confirmed in this session by reading the article through from its opening page (p. 355) to its closing paragraph and study questions.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive item 'w_E_19281201' (single-issue scan). Public domain. Page-level text was extracted from the item's djvu.xml, one block per leaf. The scan's OCR reads the leading '3' of every page number in this issue as an '8' (the page printed 356 is read as '856'), and the item's page_numbers.json simply repeats those OCR numerals, so neither can be used directly. The printed numbers here come from the leaf sequence: the article opens on the leaf whose own text ends '355', and each following leaf is one page later. Paragraph numbers are the article's own and are cross-checked against the 'Questions for Berean Study' printed at the end of the article on pp. 361-362, which group the paragraphs in the same way.

Corroboré par. src-pyr-w-1928-1201-forgive, src-pyr-w-2000-0101-bible-in-stone

Notes. The article states the conclusion twice: first that it would be 'entirely inappropriate' to apply the stone texts to the pyramid, then that there is 'no justification' for doing so.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-pyr-w-1928-1201-no-justification

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “The Altar in Egypt (part 2)”

1 décembre 1928 · p.358 · par. 26-27 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“It is impossible to fit the literal pyramid of Gizeh to the prophet's description; but the position and condition of the remnant of God exactly fit the prophetic description … The pyramid of Gizeh is neither a sign nor a witness unto the Lord of hosts.”

The replacement reading: the 'altar' and the 'pillar' of Isaiah 19:19, 20 are the anointed remnant, offering sacrifice and bearing witness. Paragraphs 26 and 27, both on p. 358. In the original the first sentence continues '… which is therefore right'. 'The Altar in Egypt' (part 2), The Watch Tower, Vol. XLIX, 1 December 1928, No. 23.

Note de provenance et de vérification for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, The Altar in Egypt (part 2)

Note sur la fiabilité. Wording, issue, page and paragraph confirmed in this session by reading the article through from its opening page (p. 355) to its closing paragraph and study questions.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive item 'w_E_19281201' (single-issue scan). Public domain. Page-level text was extracted from the item's djvu.xml, one block per leaf. The scan's OCR reads the leading '3' of every page number in this issue as an '8' (the page printed 356 is read as '856'), and the item's page_numbers.json simply repeats those OCR numerals, so neither can be used directly. The printed numbers here come from the leaf sequence: the article opens on the leaf whose own text ends '355', and each following leaf is one page later. Paragraph numbers are the article's own and are cross-checked against the 'Questions for Berean Study' printed at the end of the article on pp. 361-362, which group the paragraphs in the same way.

Corroboré par. src-pyr-md3-1891-pillar-gloss

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-pyr-w-1928-1201-sign-witness

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