Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”

我们的祖宗在这山上礼拜，你们倒说，应当礼拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”

我们的祖宗在这山上敬拜上帝，你们倒说，应当敬拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”

我们的祖宗在这山上敬拜神，你们倒说，应当敬拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”

我们的祖先一向都是在这山上敬拜上帝，你们却说耶路撒冷才是敬拜的地方。”

我们的祖先在这山上敬拜神，而你们却说，敬拜的地方必须在耶路撒冷。”

我们的祖先在这山上敬拜，而你们却说敬拜的地方必须在耶路撒冷。”

我們的祖宗在這山上禮拜，你們倒說，應當禮拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。」

我們的祖宗在這山上敬拜上帝，你們倒說，應當敬拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。」

我們的祖宗在這山上敬拜神，你們倒說，應當敬拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。」

我們的祖先一向都是在這山上敬拜上帝，你們卻說耶路撒冷才是敬拜的地方。」

我們的祖先在這山上敬拜神，而你們卻說，敬拜的地方必須在耶路撒冷。”

我們的祖宗在這山上敬拜；你們倒說、敬拜的地方應當在耶路撒冷。』

我們的祖先在這山上敬拜，而你們卻說敬拜的地方必須在耶路撒冷。」

我祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當拜之地在耶路撒冷、

我祖崇拜於此山、爾曹言、崇拜當在耶路撒冷、孰是、

我列祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當崇拜之處、乃在耶路撒冷、

耶穌對曰：『女子其信吾言、時已臨矣、朝拜聖父、將不在此山、亦不在耶路撒冷；

Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Our people have always worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”

Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.( At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“ To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.There he set up an altar and called it“ The God of Israel is God.”

“ The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“ I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.

but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

David then said,“ This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

The LORD’s city is in the holy hills.The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

The king of Assyria was told,“ The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”So the king of Assyria ordered,“ Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.”So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the LORD.But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima,the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.At the same time they worshiped the LORD. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below,“ Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

The LORD said to him,“ I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.