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And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.”
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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.
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And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your chisel on it, you will profane it.
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The Prophecies of Balaam
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
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And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
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Then they approached him and said, “We will build sheepfolds for our livestock here and cities for our little ones;
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Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.”
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“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,
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otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, and you build good houses and live in them,
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“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring guilt for bloodshed on your house if anyone falls from it.
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then his brother’s widow shall come up to him in the sight of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house!’
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Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not wield an iron tool on them.
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You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones, and you shall offer on it burnt offerings to the Lord your God;
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You will betroth a woman, but another man will violate her; you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not make use of its fruit.
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Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
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“This is what the whole congregation of the Lord says: ‘What is this unfaithful act which you have committed against the God of Israel, turning away from following the Lord this day, by building yourselves an altar, to rebel against the Lord this day?
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If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then cross into the land of the possession of the Lord, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and settle among us. Only do not rebel against the Lord, or rebel against us, by building an altar for yourselves besides the altar of the Lord our God.
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“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice;
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Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away from following the Lord this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the Lord our God which is before His tabernacle.”
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and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold in an orderly way, and take a second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
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But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
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David Plans to Build a Temple
Now it came about, when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
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“Go and say to My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?
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He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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For You, Lord of armies, God of Israel, have given a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You.
