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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
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But if you make for me an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones, for if you use a chisel upon it you profane it.
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Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
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Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
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Then they came up to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and towns for our little ones,
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Build towns for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
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Caution against Disobedience
“When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,
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You may destroy only the trees that you know do not produce food; you may cut them down for use in building siegeworks against the town that makes war with you, until it falls.
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“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof; otherwise you might have bloodguilt on your house, if anyone should fall from it.
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then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’
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And you shall build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones on which you have not used an iron tool.
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You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God;
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You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house but not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.
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Joshua then pronounced this oath, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be anyone who tries to build this city, Jericho! At the cost of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest he shall set up its gates!”
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“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: What is this treachery that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away today from following the Lord, by building yourselves an altar today in rebellion against the Lord?
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But now, if your land is unclean, cross over into the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle now stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us; only do not rebel against the Lord or rebel against us by building yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.
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for building an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if we did so to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or offerings of well-being on it, may the Lord himself take vengeance.
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Therefore we said, ‘Let us now build an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,
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Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!’ ”
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and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, in proper order; then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the sacred pole that you cut down.”
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Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land (that is, Laish) said to their comrades, “Do you know that in these buildings there are an ephod, teraphim, and an idol of cast metal? Now, therefore, consider what you will do.”
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I will raise up for myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed one forever.
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“Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in?
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He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.