27 If these people (A)go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

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27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem,(A) they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”

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25 (A)The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be [a]safe.

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  1. Proverbs 29:25 secure, lit. set on high

25 Fear(A) of man will prove to be a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord(B) is kept safe.(C)

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but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover (A)at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt.

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except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a](A) of your departure from Egypt.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day

14 but in the place which the Lord chooses, in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

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14 Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose(A) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

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“But you shall seek the (A)place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His (B)dwelling[a] place; and there you shall go. (C)There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the (D)firstborn of your herds and flocks. And (E)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and (F)you shall rejoice in [b]all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:5 home
  2. Deuteronomy 12:7 all that you undertake

But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(A) there for his dwelling.(B) To that place you must go; there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(C) and special gifts, what you have vowed(D) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(E) There, in the presence(F) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(G) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

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19 For it is written:

(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

20 (B)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [a]disputer of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:20 debater

19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)

20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14

32 (but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

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32 But for the sake(A) of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe.

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44 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name,

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44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(A) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,

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29 that Your eyes may be open toward this [a]temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, (A)‘My name shall be (B)there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes (C)toward this place. 30 (D)And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive.

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  1. 1 Kings 8:29 Lit. house

29 May your eyes be open(A) toward(B) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(C) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(D) toward this place. Hear(E) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(F)

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Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and (A)the herd, in the (B)place where the Lord chooses to put His name.

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Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.(A)

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And the men of the place asked about his wife. And (A)he said, “She is my sister”; for (B)he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is (C)beautiful to behold.”

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When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

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12 Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they (A)will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 (B)Please say you are my (C)sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that [a]I may live because of you.”

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  1. Genesis 12:13 Lit. my soul

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister,(A) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

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