John 4:20

Conversation With A Samaritan Woman

¹⁹ The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. ²¹ Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you shall neither worship the Father in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem.

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Genesis 12:6-7

And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

Genesis 33:18-20

And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram. And he pitched his tent in front of the city.

Deuteronomy 12:5-11

But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even to His dwelling place you shall seek, and there you shall come.

Joshua 8:33-35

And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, the stranger as well as the homeborn among them, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before that they should bless all the people of Israel.

Judges 9:6-7

And all the leaders of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo. And they came and made Abimelech king beside the plain of the pillar in Shechem.

1 Kings 9:3

And Jehovah said to him, I have heard your prayer and your cry which you have made before Me. I have made this house which you have built holy, to put My name there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

2 Kings 17:26-33

And they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land. And He has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them because they do not know the way of the God of the land.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built an altar there to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Jehovah. And He answered him from Heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem, so that My name might be there, and now I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:12

And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, so that My name may be there forever. And My eyes and My heart shall be there forever.

Psalm 78:68

but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.

Psalm 87:1-2

A Psalm for the sons of Korah, A Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Psalm 132:13

Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.

Luke 9:53

And they did not receive Him, because His face was going toward Jerusalem.