O Lord, I (A)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.

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Lord, I love(A) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.(B)

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14 (A)In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make (B)my Father's house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, (C)“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

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14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(A) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(B) 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house(C) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[a](D)

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  1. John 2:17 Psalm 69:9

(A)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon (C)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire[a] in his temple.

For he will (D)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will (E)lift me high upon a rock.

And now my (F)head shall be lifted up
    above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of (G)joy;
(H)I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

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  1. Psalm 27:4 Or meditate

One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
For in the day of trouble(C)
    he will keep me safe(D) in his dwelling;
he will hide me(E) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.(F)

Then my head will be exalted(G)
    above the enemies who surround me;(H)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice(I) with shouts of joy;(J)
    I will sing(K) and make music(L) to the Lord.

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49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that (A)I must be in (B)my Father's house?”[a]

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  1. Luke 2:49 Or about my Father's business

49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[a](A)

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  1. Luke 2:49 Or be about my Father’s business

46 After three days they found him in the temple, (A)sitting among (B)the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”

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22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign(A) that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”

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20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will play my music on stringed instruments
all the days of our lives,
    (A)at the house of the Lord.

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20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(A) with stringed instruments(B)
all the days of our lives(C)
    in the temple(D) of the Lord.

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For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will (A)seek your good.

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For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(A)

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10 For a day (A)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be (B)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to (A)The Gittith.[a] A Psalm of (B)the Sons of Korah.

84 How (C)lovely is your (D)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
My soul (E)longs, yes, (F)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to (G)the living God.

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  1. Psalm 84:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 84[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

How lovely is your dwelling place,(A)
    Lord Almighty!
My soul yearns,(B) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.(C)

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  1. Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
  2. Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

45 (A)And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46 saying to them, “It is written, (B)‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but (C)you have made it a den of robbers.”

47 (D)And he was teaching daily in the temple. (E)The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

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Jesus at the Temple(A)

45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’[a];(B) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](C)

47 Every day he was teaching at the temple.(D) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.(E)

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  1. Luke 19:46 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Luke 19:46 Jer. 7:11

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
    (B)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Our feet have been standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem—(C)built as a city
    that is (D)bound firmly together,
to which the tribes (E)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was (F)decreed for[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

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  1. Psalm 122:4 Or as a testimony for

Psalm 122

A song of ascents. Of David.

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Our feet are standing
    in your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.

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21 And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. 22 (A)There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from (B)between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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21 Place the cover on top of the ark(A) and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law(B) that I will give you. 22 There, above the cover between the two cherubim(C) that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet(D) with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.(E)

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