Lord, (A)I have loved the habitation of Your house,
And the place [a]where Your glory dwells.

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  1. Psalm 26:8 Lit. of the tabernacle of Your glory

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

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14 (A)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [a]doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make (B)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, (C)“Zeal for Your house [b]has eaten Me up.”

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  1. John 2:14 Lit. sitting
  2. John 2:17 NU, M will eat

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 I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the [a]beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
For (C)in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall (D)set me high upon a rock.

And now (E)my head shall be [b]lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of [c]joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

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  1. Psalm 27:4 delightfulness
  2. Psalm 27:6 Lifted up in honor
  3. Psalm 27:6 joyous shouts

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 did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be (A)about (B)My Father’s business?”

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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 Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both 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 And (A)Hezekiah 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 was ready to save me;
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life, in 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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Because 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 in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather [a]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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  1. Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold

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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The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How (B)lovely [b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
(C)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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  1. Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
  2. Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings

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(A)

45 (B)Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who [a]bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, “It is written, (C)‘My house [b]is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a (D)‘den of thieves.’

47 And He (E)was teaching daily in the temple. But (F)the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,

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  1. Luke 19:45 NU were selling, saying
  2. Luke 19:46 NU shall be

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

The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

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

Jerusalem is built
As a city that is (B)compact together,
(C)Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
[a]To (D)the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

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  1. Psalm 122:4 Or As a testimony to

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 (A)You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and (B)in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. 22 And (C)there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from (D)between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children 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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