Verse 20

Our{G2257} fathers{G3962} worshipped{G4352}{(G5656)} in{G1722} this{G5129} mountain{G3735}; and{G2532} ye{G5210} say{G3004}{(G5719)}, that{G3754} in{G1722} Jerusalem{G2414} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the place{G5117} where{G3699} men ought{G1163}{(G5748)} to worship{G4352}{(G5721)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:12 : 12 These shall stand{H5975}{(H8799)} upon mount{H2022} Gerizim{H1630} to bless{H1288}{(H8763)} the people{H5971}, when ye are come over{H5674}{(H8800)} Jordan{H3383}; Simeon{H8095}, and Levi{H3878}, and Judah{H3063}, and Issachar{H3485}, and Joseph{H3130}, and Benjamin{H1144}:
  • Gen 12:6-7 : 6 And Abram{H87} passed through{H5674}{(H8799)} the land{H776} unto the place{H4725} of Sichem{H7927}, unto the plain{H436} of Moreh{H4176}. And the Canaanite{H3669} was then{H227} in the land{H776}. 7 And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} unto Abram{H87}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Unto thy seed{H2233} will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} this{H2063} land{H776}: and there builded{H1129}{(H8799)} he an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, who appeared{H7200}{(H8737)} unto him.
  • Deut 11:29 : 29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath brought thee in{H935}{(H8686)} unto the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, that thou shalt put{H5414}{(H8804)} the blessing{H1293} upon mount{H2022} Gerizim{H1630}, and the curse{H7045} upon mount{H2022} Ebal{H5858}.
  • Deut 12:5-9 : 5 But unto the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)} out of all your tribes{H7626} to put{H7760}{(H8800)} his name{H8034} there, even unto his habitation{H7933} shall ye seek{H1875}{(H8799)}, and thither thou shalt come{H935}{(H8804)}: 6 And thither ye shall bring{H935}{(H8689)} your burnt offerings{H5930}, and your sacrifices{H2077}, and your tithes{H4643}, and heave offerings{H8641} of your hand{H3027}, and your vows{H5088}, and your freewill offerings{H5071}, and the firstlings{H1062} of your herds{H1241} and of your flocks{H6629}: 7 And there ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and ye shall rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} in all that ye put{H4916} your hand{H3027} unto, ye and your households{H1004}, wherein the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} thee. 8 Ye shall not do{H6213}{(H8799)} after all the things that we do{H6213}{(H8802)} here this day{H3117}, every man{H376} whatsoever is right{H3477} in his own eyes{H5869}. 9 For ye are not as yet come{H935}{(H8804)} to the rest{H4496} and to the inheritance{H5159}, which the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} you. 10 But when ye go over{H5674}{(H8804)} Jordan{H3383}, and dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} giveth you to inherit{H5157}{(H8688)}, and when he giveth you rest{H5117}{(H8689)} from all your enemies{H341}{(H8802)} round about{H5439}, so that ye dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in safety{H983}; 11 Then there shall be a place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)} to cause his name{H8034} to dwell{H7931}{(H8763)} there; thither shall ye bring{H935}{(H8686)} all that I command{H6680}{(H8764)} you; your burnt offerings{H5930}, and your sacrifices{H2077}, your tithes{H4643}, and the heave offering{H8641} of your hand{H3027}, and all your choice{H4005} vows{H5088} which ye vow{H5087}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}:
  • Gen 33:18-20 : 18 And Jacob{H3290} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Shalem{H8004}, a city{H5892} of Shechem{H7927}, which is in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, when he came{H935}{(H8800)} from Padanaram{H6307}; and pitched his tent{H2583}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the city{H5892}. 19 And he bought{H7069}{(H8799)} a parcel{H2513} of a field{H7704}, where he had spread{H5186}{(H8804)} his tent{H168}, at the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Hamor{H2544}, Shechem's{H7927} father{H1}, for an hundred{H3967} pieces of money{H7192}. 20 And he erected{H5324}{(H8686)} there an altar{H4196}, and called it{H7121}{(H8799)} Elelohe-Israel{H415}.
  • Josh 8:33-35 : 33 And all Israel{H3478}, and their elders{H2205}, and officers{H7860}{(H8802)}, and their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, stood{H5975}{(H8802)} on this side the ark{H727} and on that side before the priests{H3548} the Levites{H3881}, which bare{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, as well the stranger{H1616}, as he that was born{H249} among them; half{H2677} of them over{H413} against{H4136} mount{H2022} Gerizim{H1630}, and half{H2677} of them over against{H4136} mount{H2022} Ebal{H5858}; as Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} had commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} before{H7223}, that they should bless{H1288}{(H8763)} the people{H5971} of Israel{H3478}. 34 And afterward{H310} he read{H7121}{(H8804)} all the words{H1697} of the law{H8451}, the blessings{H1293} and cursings{H7045}, according to all that is written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451}. 35 There was not a word{H1697} of all that Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}, which Joshua{H3091} read{H7121}{(H8804)} not before all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478}, with the women{H802}, and the little ones{H2945}, and the strangers{H1616} that were conversant{H1980}{(H8802)} among{H7130} them.
  • Judg 9:6-7 : 6 And all the men{H1167} of Shechem{H7927} gathered together{H622}{(H8735)}, and all the house{H1004} of Millo{H4407}{(H8677)}{H1037}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)}, and made{H4427}{(H8686)} Abimelech{H40} king{H4428}, by the plain{H436} of the pillar{H5324}{(H8716)} that was in Shechem{H7927}. 7 And when they told{H5046}{(H8686)} it to Jotham{H3147}, he went{H3212}{(H8799)} and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in the top{H7218} of mount{H2022} Gerizim{H1630}, and lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his voice{H6963}, and cried{H7121}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto me, ye men{H1167} of Shechem{H7927}, that God{H430} may hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto you.
  • 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thy prayer{H8605} and thy supplication{H8467}, that thou hast made{H2603}{(H8694)} before{H6440} me: I have hallowed{H6942}{(H8689)} this house{H1004}, which thou hast built{H1129}{(H8804)}, to put{H7760}{(H8800)} my name{H8034} there for{H5704} ever{H5769}; and mine eyes{H5869} and mine heart{H3820} shall be there perpetually{H3117}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:26-33 : 26 Wherefore they spake{H559}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The nations{H1471} which thou hast removed{H1540}{(H8689)}, and placed{H3427}{(H8686)} in the cities{H5892} of Samaria{H8111}, know{H3045}{(H8804)} not the manner{H4941} of the God{H430} of the land{H776}: therefore he hath sent{H7971}{(H8762)} lions{H738} among them, and, behold, they slay{H4191}{(H8688)} them, because they know{H3045}{(H8802)} not the manner{H4941} of the God{H430} of the land{H776}. 27 Then the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Carry{H3212}{(H8685)} thither one{H259} of the priests{H3548} whom ye brought{H1540}{(H8689)} from thence; and let them go{H3212}{(H8799)} and dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} there, and let him teach{H3384}{(H8686)} them the manner{H4941} of the God{H430} of the land{H776}. 28 Then one{H259} of the priests{H3548} whom they had carried away{H1540}{(H8689)} from Samaria{H8111} came{H935}{(H8799)} and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in Bethel{H1008}, and taught{H3384}{(H8688)} them how they should fear{H3372}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}. 29 Howbeit every nation{H1471} made{H6213}{(H8802)} gods{H430} of their own, and put{H3240}{(H8686)} them in the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116} which the Samaritans{H8118} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, every nation{H1471} in their cities{H5892} wherein they dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)}. 30 And the men{H582} of Babylon{H894} made{H6213}{(H8804)} Succothbenoth{H5524}, and the men{H582} of Cuth{H3575} made{H6213}{(H8804)} Nergal{H5370}, and the men{H582} of Hamath{H2574} made{H6213}{(H8804)} Ashima{H807}, 31 And the Avites{H5757} made{H6213}{(H8804)} Nibhaz{H5026} and Tartak{H8662}, and the Sepharvites{H5616} burnt{H8313}{(H8802)} their children{H1121} in fire{H784} to Adrammelech{H152} and Anammelech{H6048}, the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim{H5617}. 32 So they feared{H3373} the LORD{H3068}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} unto themselves of the lowest{H7098} of them priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116}, which sacrificed{H6213}{(H8802)} for them in the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116}. 33 They feared{H3373} the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8802)} their own gods{H430}, after the manner{H4941} of the nations{H1471} whom they carried away{H1540}{(H8689)} from thence.
  • 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 And David{H1732} built{H1129}{(H8799)} there an altar{H4196} unto the LORD{H3068}, and offered{H5927}{(H8686)} burnt offerings{H5930} and peace offerings{H8002}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} upon the LORD{H3068}; and he answered{H6030}{(H8799)} him from heaven{H8064} by fire{H784} upon the altar{H4196} of burnt offering{H5930}.
  • 1 Chr 22:1 : 1 Then David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, This is the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430}, and this is the altar{H4196} of the burnt offering{H5930} for Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 6:6 : 6 But I have chosen{H977}{(H8799)} Jerusalem{H3389}, that my name{H8034} might be there; and have chosen{H977}{(H8799)} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 7:12 : 12 And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} to Solomon{H8010} by night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thy prayer{H8605}, and have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} this place{H4725} to myself for an house{H1004} of sacrifice{H2077}.
  • 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now have I chosen{H977}{(H8804)} and sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)} this house{H1004}, that my name{H8034} may be there for{H5704} ever{H5769}: and mine eyes{H5869} and mine heart{H3820} shall be there perpetually{H3117}.
  • Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose{H977}{H8799)} the tribe{H7626} of Judah{H3063}, the mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} which he loved{H157}{H8804)}.
  • Ps 87:1-2 : 1 A Psalm{H4210} or Song{H7892} for the sons{H1121} of Korah{H7141}. His foundation{H3248} is in the holy{H6944} mountains{H2042}. 2 The LORD{H3068} loveth{H157}{H8802)} the gates{H8179} of Zion{H6726} more than all the dwellings{H4908} of Jacob{H3290}.
  • Ps 132:13 : 13 For the LORD{H3068} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} Zion{H6726}; he hath desired{H183}{(H8765)} it for his habitation{H4186}.
  • Luke 9:53 : 53 And{G2532} they did{G1209} not{G3756} receive{G1209}{(G5662)} him{G846}, because{G3754} his{G846} face{G4383} was{G2258}{(G5713)} as though he would go{G4198}{(G5740)} to{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419}.