Exodus 20:24

New Living Translation

²⁴“Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.

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Exodus 20:24

New International Version

²⁴“‘Make an altar^(A) of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings^(B) and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name^(C) to be honored, I will come to you and bless^(D) you.

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Deuteronomy 12:5

New Living Translation

⁵Rather, 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 12:5

New International Version

⁵But 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;

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2 Chronicles 6:6

New Living Translation

⁶But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”

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2 Chronicles 6:6

New International Version

⁶But now I have chosen Jerusalem^(A) for my Name^(B) to be there, and I have chosen David^(C) to rule my people Israel.’

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Psalm 132:13-14

New Living Translation

¹³For 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.

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Footnotes

132:13 Hebrew Zion.

Psalm 132:13-14

New International Version

¹³For the Lord has chosen Zion,^(A)
he has desired it for his dwelling,^(B) saying,
¹⁴“This is my resting place for ever and ever;^(C)
here I will sit enthroned,^(D) for I have desired it.

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1 Kings 9:3

New Living Translation

³The Lord said to him,

“I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

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1 Kings 9:3

New International Version

³The Lord said to him:

“I have heard^(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name^(B) there forever. My eyes^(C) and my heart will always be there.

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2 Chronicles 7:16

New Living Translation

¹⁶For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

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2 Chronicles 7:16

New International Version

¹⁶I have chosen^(A) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

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Deuteronomy 16:11

New Living Translation

¹¹This is a time to celebrate before the Lord your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.

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Deuteronomy 16:11

New International Version

¹¹And rejoice^(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites^(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,^(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.^(E)

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Deuteronomy 12:11

New Living Translation

¹¹you 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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Deuteronomy 12:11

New International Version

¹¹Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(A)—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.^(B)

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2 Chronicles 12:13

New Living Translation

Summary of Rehoboam’s Reign

¹³King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon.

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2 Chronicles 12:13

New International Version

¹³King Rehoboam established^(A) himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name.^(B) His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.

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Deuteronomy 26:2

New Living Translation

²put 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 26:2

New International Version

²take some of the firstfruits^(A) of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(B)

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Ezra 6:12

New Living Translation

¹²May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple.

“I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”

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Ezra 6:12

New International Version

¹²May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there,^(A) overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem.

I Darius^(B) have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.

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Numbers 6:24-27

New Living Translation

²⁴‘May the Lord bless you
    and protect you.
²⁵May the Lord smile on you
    and be gracious to you.
²⁶May the Lord show you his favor
    and give you his peace.’

²⁷Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.”

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Numbers 6:24-27

New International Version

²⁴“‘“The Lord bless you^(A)
    and keep you;^(B)
²⁵the Lord make his face shine on you^(C)
    and be gracious to you;^(D)
²⁶the Lord turn his face^(E) toward you
    and give you peace.^(F)”’

²⁷“So they will put my name^(G) on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

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1 Kings 8:29

New Living Translation

²⁹May 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.

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1 Kings 8:29

New International Version

²⁹May 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.

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