John 4:20 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。”

4:20 MSG

逐節對照

新标点和合本 - 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。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 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。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 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。”
当代译本 - 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。”
圣经新译本 - 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。”
中文标准译本 - 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。”
现代标点和合本 - 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。”
和合本（拼音版） - 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。”
New International Version - Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
New International Reader's Version - Our people have always worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
English Standard Version - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
New Living Translation - 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?”
Christian Standard Bible - Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
New American Standard Bible - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”
New King James Version - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
Amplified Bible - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
American Standard Version - Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
King James Version - Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
New English Translation - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”
World English Bible - Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
新標點和合本 - 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。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 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。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 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。」
當代譯本 - 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。」
聖經新譯本 - 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。”
呂振中譯本 - 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。』
中文標準譯本 - 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。」
現代標點和合本 - 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。」
文理和合譯本 - 我祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當拜之地在耶路撒冷、
文理委辦譯本 - 我祖崇拜於此山、爾曹言、崇拜當在耶路撒冷、孰是、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我列祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當崇拜之處、乃在耶路撒冷、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Nuestros antepasados adoraron en este monte, pero ustedes los judíos dicen que el lugar donde debemos adorar está en Jerusalén.
현대인의 성경 - 우리 조상들은 이 산에서 예배를 드렸는데 유대인들은 예루살렘에서 예배를 드려야 한다고 주장합니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Богу следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Всевышнему следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Аллаху следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Всевышнему следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dis-moi : qui a raison ? Nos ancêtres ont adoré Dieu sur cette montagne-ci . Vous autres, vous affirmez que l’endroit où l’on doit adorer, c’est Jérusalem.
リビングバイブル - だったら教えてください。ユダヤ人は、礼拝の場所はエルサレムだけだと言いはるし、サマリヤ人は、私たちの先祖が礼拝したこのゲリジム山だと言っています。どうしてなのですか？」
Nestle Aland 28 - οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ προσεκύνησαν· καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου προσκυνεῖν δεῖ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ προσεκύνησαν, καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου προσκυνεῖν δεῖ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Nossos antepassados adoraram neste monte, mas vocês, judeus, dizem que Jerusalém é o lugar onde se deve adorar”.
Hoffnung für alle - Kannst du mir dann eine Frage beantworten? Unsere Vorfahren haben Gott auf diesem Berg dort angebetet. Warum also behauptet ihr Juden, man könne Gott nur in Jerusalem anbeten?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xin cho tôi biết, người Sa-ma-ri chúng tôi thờ Đức Chúa Trời trên đỉnh núi này. Tại sao người Do Thái các ông bảo Giê-ru-sa-lem mới đúng là nơi thờ phượng?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บรรพบุรุษของเรานมัสการที่ภูเขานี้ แต่พวกท่านชาวยิวอ้างว่าเราต้องนมัสการที่กรุงเยรูซาเล็ม”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรพบุรุษของเราได้นมัสการที่ภูเขานี้ และพวกท่านพูดว่าเมืองเยรูซาเล็มเป็นสถานที่ที่ควรใช้ในการนมัสการ”

交叉引用

1 Chronicles 22:1 - David ordered all the resident aliens in the land to come together; he sent them to the stone quarries to cut dressed stone to build The Temple of God. He also stockpiled a huge quantity of iron for nails and bracings for the doors of the gates, more bronze than could be weighed, and cedar logs past counting (the Sidonians and Tyrians shipped in huge loads of cedar logs for David).
Joshua 8:33 - All Israel was there, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, standing on opposite sides of the Chest, facing the Levitical priests who carry God’s Covenant Chest. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and half with their backs to Mount Ebal to bless the People of Israel, just as Moses the servant of God had instructed earlier.
Joshua 8:34 - After that, he read out everything written in The Revelation, the Blessing and the Curse, everything in the Book of The Revelation. There wasn’t a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua didn’t read to the entire congregation—men, women, children, and foreigners who had been with them on the journey.
Judges 9:6 - Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered at the Oak by the Standing Stone at Shechem and crowned Abimelech king.
Judges 9:7 - When this was all told to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and shouted: Listen to me, leaders of Shechem. And let God listen to you! The trees set out one day to anoint a king for themselves. They said to Olive Tree, “Rule over us.” But Olive Tree told them, “Am I no longer good for making oil That gives glory to gods and men, and to be demoted to waving over trees?”
1 Kings 9:3 - And God said to him, “I’ve listened to and received all your prayers, your ever-so-passionate prayers. I’ve sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel, make it a sure thing on a solid foundation. The same guarantee I gave David your father I’m giving you: ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
2 Kings 17:26 - This message was then sent back to the king of Assyria: “The people you brought in to occupy the towns of Samaria don’t know what’s expected of them from the god of the land, and now he’s sent lions and they’re killing people right and left because nobody knows what the god of the land expects of them.”
2 Kings 17:27 - The king of Assyria ordered, “Send back some priests who were taken into exile from there. They can go back and live there and instruct the people in what the god of the land expects of them.”
2 Kings 17:28 - One of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came back and moved into Bethel. He taught them how to honor and worship God.
2 Kings 17:29 - But each people that Assyria had settled went ahead anyway making its own gods and setting them up in the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines that the citizens of Samaria had left behind—a local custom-made god for each people: for Babylon, Succoth Benoth; for Cuthah, Nergal; for Hamath, Ashima; for Avva, Nibhaz and Tartak; for Sepharvaim, Adrammelech and Anammelech (people burned their children in sacrificial offerings to these gods!).
2 Kings 17:32 - They honored and worshiped God, but not exclusively—they also appointed all sorts of priests, regardless of qualification, to conduct a variety of rites at the local fertility shrines. They honored and worshiped God, but they also kept up their devotions to the old gods of the places they had come from.
Psalms 87:1 - He founded Zion on the Holy Mountain— and oh, how God loves his home! Loves it far better than all the homes of Jacob put together! God’s hometown—oh! everyone there is talking about you!
2 Chronicles 7:12 - God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
Genesis 33:18 - And that’s how it happened that Jacob arrived all in one piece in Shechem in the land of Canaan—all the way from Paddan Aram. He camped near the city. He bought the land where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He paid a hundred silver coins for it. Then he built an altar there and named it El-Elohe-Israel (Mighty Is the God of Israel). * * *
Deuteronomy 11:29 - Here’s what comes next: When God, your God, brings you into the land you are going into to make your own, you are to give out the Blessing from Mount Gerizim and the Curse from Mount Ebal. After you cross the Jordan River, follow the road to the west through Canaanite settlements in the valley near Gilgal and the Oaks of Moreh.
Deuteronomy 12:5 - Instead find the site that God, your God, will choose and mark it with his name as a common center for all the tribes of Israel. Assemble there. Bring to that place your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and Tribute-Offerings, your Vow-Offerings, your Freewill-Offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. Feast there in the Presence of God, your God. Celebrate everything that you and your families have accomplished under the blessing of God, your God.
Deuteronomy 12:8 - Don’t continue doing things the way we’re doing them at present, each of us doing as we wish. Until now you haven’t arrived at the goal, the resting place, the inheritance that God, your God, is giving you. But the minute you cross the Jordan River and settle into the land God, your God, is enabling you to inherit, he’ll give you rest from all your surrounding enemies. You’ll be able to settle down and live in safety.
Deuteronomy 12:11 - From then on, at the place that God, your God, chooses to mark with his name as the place where you can meet him, bring everything that I command you: your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, tithes and Tribute-Offerings, and the best of your Vow-Offerings that you vow to God. Celebrate there in the Presence of God, your God, you and your sons and daughters, your servants and maids, including the Levite living in your neighborhood because he has no place of his own in your inheritance.
Genesis 12:7 - God appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your children.” Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

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交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 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。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 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。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 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。”
当代译本 - 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。”
圣经新译本 - 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。”
中文标准译本 - 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。”
现代标点和合本 - 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。”
和合本（拼音版） - 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。”
New International Version - Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
New International Reader's Version - Our people have always worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
English Standard Version - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
New Living Translation - 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?”
Christian Standard Bible - Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
New American Standard Bible - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”
New King James Version - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
Amplified Bible - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
American Standard Version - Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
King James Version - Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
New English Translation - Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”
World English Bible - Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
新標點和合本 - 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。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 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。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 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。」
當代譯本 - 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。」
聖經新譯本 - 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。”
呂振中譯本 - 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。』
中文標準譯本 - 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。」
現代標點和合本 - 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。」
文理和合譯本 - 我祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當拜之地在耶路撒冷、
文理委辦譯本 - 我祖崇拜於此山、爾曹言、崇拜當在耶路撒冷、孰是、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我列祖崇拜於此山、惟爾曹言當崇拜之處、乃在耶路撒冷、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Nuestros antepasados adoraron en este monte, pero ustedes los judíos dicen que el lugar donde debemos adorar está en Jerusalén.
현대인의 성경 - 우리 조상들은 이 산에서 예배를 드렸는데 유대인들은 예루살렘에서 예배를 드려야 한다고 주장합니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Богу следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Всевышнему следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Аллаху следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так объясни же мне, почему наши отцы поклонялись на этой горе , а вы, иудеи, говорите, что Всевышнему следует поклоняться в Иерусалиме?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dis-moi : qui a raison ? Nos ancêtres ont adoré Dieu sur cette montagne-ci . Vous autres, vous affirmez que l’endroit où l’on doit adorer, c’est Jérusalem.
リビングバイブル - だったら教えてください。ユダヤ人は、礼拝の場所はエルサレムだけだと言いはるし、サマリヤ人は、私たちの先祖が礼拝したこのゲリジム山だと言っています。どうしてなのですか？」
Nestle Aland 28 - οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ προσεκύνησαν· καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου προσκυνεῖν δεῖ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ προσεκύνησαν, καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου προσκυνεῖν δεῖ.
Nova Versão Internacional - Nossos antepassados adoraram neste monte, mas vocês, judeus, dizem que Jerusalém é o lugar onde se deve adorar”.
Hoffnung für alle - Kannst du mir dann eine Frage beantworten? Unsere Vorfahren haben Gott auf diesem Berg dort angebetet. Warum also behauptet ihr Juden, man könne Gott nur in Jerusalem anbeten?«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xin cho tôi biết, người Sa-ma-ri chúng tôi thờ Đức Chúa Trời trên đỉnh núi này. Tại sao người Do Thái các ông bảo Giê-ru-sa-lem mới đúng là nơi thờ phượng?”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บรรพบุรุษของเรานมัสการที่ภูเขานี้ แต่พวกท่านชาวยิวอ้างว่าเราต้องนมัสการที่กรุงเยรูซาเล็ม”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรพบุรุษของเราได้นมัสการที่ภูเขานี้ และพวกท่านพูดว่าเมืองเยรูซาเล็มเป็นสถานที่ที่ควรใช้ในการนมัสการ”

1 Chronicles 22:1 - David ordered all the resident aliens in the land to come together; he sent them to the stone quarries to cut dressed stone to build The Temple of God. He also stockpiled a huge quantity of iron for nails and bracings for the doors of the gates, more bronze than could be weighed, and cedar logs past counting (the Sidonians and Tyrians shipped in huge loads of cedar logs for David).
Joshua 8:33 - All Israel was there, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, standing on opposite sides of the Chest, facing the Levitical priests who carry God’s Covenant Chest. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and half with their backs to Mount Ebal to bless the People of Israel, just as Moses the servant of God had instructed earlier.
Joshua 8:34 - After that, he read out everything written in The Revelation, the Blessing and the Curse, everything in the Book of The Revelation. There wasn’t a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua didn’t read to the entire congregation—men, women, children, and foreigners who had been with them on the journey.
Judges 9:6 - Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered at the Oak by the Standing Stone at Shechem and crowned Abimelech king.
Judges 9:7 - When this was all told to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and shouted: Listen to me, leaders of Shechem. And let God listen to you! The trees set out one day to anoint a king for themselves. They said to Olive Tree, “Rule over us.” But Olive Tree told them, “Am I no longer good for making oil That gives glory to gods and men, and to be demoted to waving over trees?”
1 Kings 9:3 - And God said to him, “I’ve listened to and received all your prayers, your ever-so-passionate prayers. I’ve sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel, make it a sure thing on a solid foundation. The same guarantee I gave David your father I’m giving you: ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
2 Kings 17:26 - This message was then sent back to the king of Assyria: “The people you brought in to occupy the towns of Samaria don’t know what’s expected of them from the god of the land, and now he’s sent lions and they’re killing people right and left because nobody knows what the god of the land expects of them.”
2 Kings 17:27 - The king of Assyria ordered, “Send back some priests who were taken into exile from there. They can go back and live there and instruct the people in what the god of the land expects of them.”
2 Kings 17:28 - One of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came back and moved into Bethel. He taught them how to honor and worship God.
2 Kings 17:29 - But each people that Assyria had settled went ahead anyway making its own gods and setting them up in the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines that the citizens of Samaria had left behind—a local custom-made god for each people: for Babylon, Succoth Benoth; for Cuthah, Nergal; for Hamath, Ashima; for Avva, Nibhaz and Tartak; for Sepharvaim, Adrammelech and Anammelech (people burned their children in sacrificial offerings to these gods!).
2 Kings 17:32 - They honored and worshiped God, but not exclusively—they also appointed all sorts of priests, regardless of qualification, to conduct a variety of rites at the local fertility shrines. They honored and worshiped God, but they also kept up their devotions to the old gods of the places they had come from.
Psalms 87:1 - He founded Zion on the Holy Mountain— and oh, how God loves his home! Loves it far better than all the homes of Jacob put together! God’s hometown—oh! everyone there is talking about you!
2 Chronicles 7:12 - God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’
Genesis 33:18 - And that’s how it happened that Jacob arrived all in one piece in Shechem in the land of Canaan—all the way from Paddan Aram. He camped near the city. He bought the land where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He paid a hundred silver coins for it. Then he built an altar there and named it El-Elohe-Israel (Mighty Is the God of Israel). * * *
Deuteronomy 11:29 - Here’s what comes next: When God, your God, brings you into the land you are going into to make your own, you are to give out the Blessing from Mount Gerizim and the Curse from Mount Ebal. After you cross the Jordan River, follow the road to the west through Canaanite settlements in the valley near Gilgal and the Oaks of Moreh.
Deuteronomy 12:5 - Instead find the site that God, your God, will choose and mark it with his name as a common center for all the tribes of Israel. Assemble there. Bring to that place your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and Tribute-Offerings, your Vow-Offerings, your Freewill-Offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. Feast there in the Presence of God, your God. Celebrate everything that you and your families have accomplished under the blessing of God, your God.
Deuteronomy 12:8 - Don’t continue doing things the way we’re doing them at present, each of us doing as we wish. Until now you haven’t arrived at the goal, the resting place, the inheritance that God, your God, is giving you. But the minute you cross the Jordan River and settle into the land God, your God, is enabling you to inherit, he’ll give you rest from all your surrounding enemies. You’ll be able to settle down and live in safety.
Deuteronomy 12:11 - From then on, at the place that God, your God, chooses to mark with his name as the place where you can meet him, bring everything that I command you: your Absolution-Offerings and sacrifices, tithes and Tribute-Offerings, and the best of your Vow-Offerings that you vow to God. Celebrate there in the Presence of God, your God, you and your sons and daughters, your servants and maids, including the Levite living in your neighborhood because he has no place of his own in your inheritance.
Genesis 12:7 - God appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your children.” Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.