Thematic Bible: Reasons for
Thematic Bible
Attendance » Reasons for » The example of the apostles
And they worshiped him [and] returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they were {continually} in the temple [courts] praising God.
{Now when the feast was already half over}, Jesus went to the temple [courts] and began to teach.
And every day, devoting themselves [to meeting] with one purpose in the temple [courts] and breaking bread from house [to house], they were eating [their] food with joy and simplicity of heart,
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth [hour].
Attendance » Reasons for » The divine command
{But only} to the place that Yahweh your God will choose from all [of] your tribes to place his name there as his dwelling shall you seek, and there you shall go.
Three times in the year all [of] your males shall appear {before } Yahweh your God at the place that he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear {before Yahweh} empty-handed.
Attendance » Reasons for » A refuge in times of trouble
And this happened: When King Hezekiah heard, he tore his garments, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the temple of Yahweh.
And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it. Then he went up [to] the temple of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out before the {presence} of Yahweh.
Attendance » Reasons for » Blessing pronounced upon
Blessed [are] those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah
where [the] tribes go up, the tribes of Yah [as] a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
Attendance » Reasons for » Christ, our example
And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Attendance » Reasons for » A comfort in old age
And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher (she was advanced {in years}, having lived with [her] husband seven years {after her marriage}, and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.
Attendance » Reasons for » A place of instruction
And many nations will come and say, "Come! Let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the {temple} of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths," for the law will go out from Zion, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.