^22 (A)in whom you also are being built together for a ^(B)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

^46 (A)who found favor before God and ^(B)asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. ^47 (C)But Solomon built Him a house.

⁴⁸ “However, ^(D)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

⁷ And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, ^(A)it was in my mind to build a house ^(B)to the name of the Lord my God;

True Worship and False

66 Thus says the Lord:

¹² He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; ^[a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

³ And David ^(A)gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.

²⁷ “But ^(A)will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the ^(B)heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!