17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!(A) This is none other than the house of God;(B) this is the gate of heaven.”

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17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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22 and[a] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(A) will be God’s house,(B) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(C)

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  1. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then

22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

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31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made,(A) all the time the house of God(B) was in Shiloh.(C)

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31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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18 The Israelites went up to Bethel[a](A) and inquired of God.(B) They said, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight(D) against the Benjamites?”

The Lord replied, “Judah(E) shall go first.”

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  1. Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26

18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

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26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord.(A) They fasted(B) that day until evening and presented burnt offerings(C) and fellowship offerings(D) to the Lord.(E)

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26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

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  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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