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Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.
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2 Chronicles 6 6
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.”
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2 Chronicles 7 16
And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My name may be there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
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Psalms 132:13-14
For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:“ This is My resting place forever; I will make My home here because I have desired it.
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1 Kings 9 3
The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put My name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
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Deuteronomy 26:2
you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.
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Ezra 6:12
May the God who caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.
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Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell— you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
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Deuteronomy 12:11
then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.
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Numbers 6:24-27
May Yahweh bless you and protect you;may Yahweh make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;may Yahweh look with favor on you and give you peace.In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
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2 Chronicles 12 13
King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king and reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
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Deuteronomy 16:5-6
You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns the Lord your God is giving you.You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt.
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Psalms 74:7
They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of Your name.
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Jeremiah 7:10-12
Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say,‘ We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it.” This is the Lord’s declaration.“ But return to My place that was at Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.
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1 Kings 8 43
may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for. Then all the people on earth will know Your name, to fear You as Your people Israel do and know that this temple I have built is called by Your name.
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Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”
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Deuteronomy 14:23
You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.
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Nehemiah 1:9
But if you return to Me and carefully observe My commands, even though your exiles were banished to the ends of the earth, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I chose to have My name dwell.”
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1 Kings 8 29
so that Your eyes may watch over this temple night and day, toward the place where You said: My name will be there, and so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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Malachi 1:11
“ For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.
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Psalms 78:68
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
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Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
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2 Samuel 6 12
It was reported to King David:“ The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.
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Deuteronomy 7:13
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, and the produce of your land— your grain, new wine, and oil— the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you.
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1 Timothy 2 8
Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
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John 4:20-24
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”Jesus told her,“ Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
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Matthew 28:20
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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Leviticus 3:1-17
“ If his offering is a fellowship sacrifice, and he is presenting an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present one without blemish before the Lord.He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests will sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.He will present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a fire offering to the Lord: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.Aaron’s sons will burn it on the altar along with the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.“ If his offering as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he is to present it before the Lord.He must lay his hand on the head of his offering, then slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.He will then present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a fire offering to the Lord consisting of its fat and the entire fat tail, which he is to remove close to the backbone. He will also remove the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat on the entrails,the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys.Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering to the Lord.“ If his offering is a goat, he is to present it before the Lord.He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.He will present part of his offering as a fire offering to the Lord: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails,and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.“ All fat belongs to the Lord.This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”
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Psalms 76:2
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
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Psalms 134:3
May the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
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Leviticus 1:1-17
Then the Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting:“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord from the livestock, you may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.“ If his gift is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to bring an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting so that he may be accepted by the Lord.He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.He is to slaughter the bull before the Lord; Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Then he must skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.The sons of Aaron the priest will prepare a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the suet on top of the burning wood on the altar.The offerer must wash its entrails and shanks with water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.“ But if his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, he is to present an unblemished male.He will slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord. Aaron’s sons the priests will sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.He will cut the animal into pieces with its head and its suet, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar.But he is to wash the entrails and shanks with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.“ If his gift to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.Then the priest must bring it to the altar, and must twist off its head and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained at the side of the altar.He will remove its digestive tract, cutting off the tail feathers, and throw it on the east side of the altar at the place for ashes.He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird. Then the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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Psalms 128:5
May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life