1 Chronicles 22:8

But the Lord said to me: 'You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 28:3

But God said to me, 'You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.'

1 Kings 5:3

"You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.

Numbers 31:20

You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat's hair, and everything made of wood."

Numbers 31:24

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.'"

2 Samuel 7:5-11

"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

1 Chronicles 17:4-10

"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: "You must not build me a house in which to live.

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Summary

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

Thou hast shed

1 Chronicles 28:3

Numbers 31:20

1 Kings 5:3

Thou shalt not

1 Chronicles 17:4

2 Samuel 7:5

General references

1 Kings 8:19

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