16 Why do you [a]fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
(A)This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

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  1. Psalm 68:16 Lit. stare

16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(A) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(B)

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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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:5 home

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;

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13 (A)For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His [a]dwelling place:
14 “This(B) is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

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  1. Psalm 132:13 home

13 For 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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Then I, [a]John, saw (A)the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared (B)as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, (C)the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

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  1. Revelation 21:2 NU, M omit John

I saw the Holy City,(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(B) prepared as a bride(C) beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(D) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(E)

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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the [a]general assembly and church of (A)the firstborn (B)who are registered in heaven, to God (C)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (D)made perfect,

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  1. Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(A) to the city(B) of the living God,(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(E) whose names are written in heaven.(F) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(G) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(H)

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Now (A)it shall come to pass (B)in the latter days
(C)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.

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In the last days(A)

the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(C)
it will be exalted(D) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(E)

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O mountains, that you skipped like rams?
O little hills, like lambs?

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Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?

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(A)The mountains skipped like rams,
The little hills like lambs.

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the mountains leaped(A) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

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The Glories of the City of God

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

87 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
(A)The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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Psalm 87

Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.

He has founded his city on the holy mountain.(A)
The Lord loves the gates of Zion(B)
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

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And the Lord said to him: (A)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built (B)to put My name there forever, (C)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

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The 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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11 then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord.

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11 Then 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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