Deuteronomy 18:6
Any Levite who wants to may come from any town in Israel to the one place of worship.
Numbers 35:2-3
Tell the Israelites to give the Levites some cities from their own property. They must also give the Levites the pastureland around those cities.
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.
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.
Psalm 26:8
O Jehovah, I love the place where you live, the home (spiritual retreat) (heart and mind) where your glory dwells.
Psalm 27:4
I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah's beauty and search for an answer in his temple.
Psalm 63:1-2
([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 84:5
How happy are those whose strength comes from you, who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
Psalm 84:10
One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
1 Timothy 3:1
Faithful is the saying: If a man seeks the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.