Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

Bible References

The people

Leviticus 17:3
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.

Was no

1 Kings 5:3
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
1 Chronicles 28:3
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Acts 7:47
But Solomon built him a house.

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