16 Bible Verses about Sacred Places

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1 Kings 14:23

They built places of worship for false gods. They put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

Deuteronomy 12:5

You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.

Joshua 5:15

The captain (commander) of Jehovah's host (army) said to Joshua: Take your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And at once Joshua did so.

Deuteronomy 12:11

It will happen in the place Jehovah choose for his name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you. Bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings that you will vow to Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 14:23

You shall eat in the presence of Jehovah your God, at the place where He chooses to establish his name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to respect Jehovah your God always.

Deuteronomy 15:20

You and your household shall eat it every year before Jehovah your God in the place Jehovah chooses.

Deuteronomy 16:2

Sacrifice the Passover to Jehovah your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where Jehovah chooses to establish his name.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.

Joshua 9:27

Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place he should choose.

Joshua 18:1

The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The land was subdued before them.

1 Chronicles 22:1

David said: The house of Jehovah God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:15

My eyes will be open! My ears will pay attention to the prayers offered at this place.

Psalm 78:68

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion he loved.

John 4:20-24

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus replied: Woman believe me. The hour comes when you will worship the Father neither in the mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know. Salvation is from the Jews.read more.
But the hour comes and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father with spirit and truth. The Father seeks such people to worship him. God is a Spirit. They who worship him must worship him with spirit and truth.

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