Deuteronomy 12:5
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5 Rather, you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored.
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Deuteronomy 12:11
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11 you must bring everything I command you—your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and your offerings to fulfill a vow—to the designated place of worship, the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored.
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2 Chronicles 7:12
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12 Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said,
“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices.
Deuteronomy 26:2
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2 put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored.
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Deuteronomy 16:2
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2 Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the Lord your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
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1 Kings 8:29
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29 May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.’ May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
Isaiah 66:1-2
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66 This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
Could you build me such a resting place?
2 My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.[a]
I, the Lord, have spoken!
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
Footnotes
- 66:2 As in Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads these things are.
Psalm 132:13-14
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13 For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem[a];
he has desired it for his home.
14 “This is my resting place forever,” he said.
“I will live here, for this is the home I desired.
Footnotes
- 132:13 Hebrew Zion.
Psalm 87:2-3
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2 He loves the city of Jerusalem
more than any other city in Israel.[a]
3 O city of God,
what glorious things are said of you! Interlude
Psalm 78:68
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68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
and Mount Zion, which he loved.
Colossians 2:9
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9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[a]
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- 2:9 Or in him dwells all the completeness of the Godhead bodily.
1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
1 Kings 8:20
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20 “And now the Lord has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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