(A)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his (B)holy place?

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Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

15 O Lord, (A)who shall sojourn in your (B)tent?
    Who shall dwell on your (C)holy hill?

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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (A)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (B)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

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(A)Blessed is the one you choose and bring near,
    to (B)dwell in your courts!
We shall be (C)satisfied with the goodness of your house,
    the holiness of your temple!

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22 But you have come to (A)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (B)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (C)innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to (D)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (E)enrolled in heaven, and to (F)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, (G)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (H)the sprinkled blood (I)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church

(A)“Behold, I send (B)my messenger, and (C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord (D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and (E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

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13 For the Lord has (A)chosen Zion;
    he has (B)desired it for his dwelling place:
14 “This is my (C)resting place forever;
    here I will (D)dwell, for I have desired it.

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“As for me, I have (A)set my King
    on (B)Zion, my (C)holy hill.”

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18 (A)You ascended on high,
    (B)leading a host of captives in your train
    and (C)receiving gifts among men,
even among (D)the rebellious, (E)that the Lord God may dwell there.

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12 And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” (A)So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom (B)to the city of David with rejoicing. 13 And when (C)those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, (D)he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14 And David (E)danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was (F)wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

David and Michal

16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it (G)in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. (H)And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he (A)loves.
69 He (B)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.

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15 O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
    O many-peaked[a] mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God (A)desired for his abode,
    yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:15 Or hunch-backed; also verse 16

The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

15 David[a] built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and (A)pitched a tent for it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:1 Hebrew He

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among (A)those who are near me (B)I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” (C)And Aaron held his peace.

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25 (A)So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of (B)Obed-edom with rejoicing. 26 And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed (C)seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod. 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, (D)trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on (E)harps and lyres.

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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to (A)my brothers and say to them, (B)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to (C)my God and your God.’”

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Therefore it says,

(A)“When he ascended on high (B)he led a host of captives,
    and he gave gifts to men.”[a]

((C)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into (D)the lower regions, the earth?[b] 10 He who descended is the one who also (E)ascended (F)far above all the heavens, that he might (G)fill all things.)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
  2. Ephesians 4:9 Or the lower parts of the earth?

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” (A)Jesus answered him, “Where I am going (B)you cannot follow me now, (C)but you will follow afterward.”

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