Exodus 20:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

In all places

Will bless thee

General references

Psalm 122:2

Bible References

In all places

but ye shall enquire the place which the LORD your God shall have chosen out of all your tribes to put his name there and there to dwell.

And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he hath chosen to make his name dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine and of thine oil, and the firstborn of thine oxen and of thy flock that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

Thou mayest not offer Passover in any of thy cities which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou hast brought in out of the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee and put it in a maund and go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to make his name dwell there.

that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day; and upon the place, of which thou hast said, my name shall be there: that thou hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray in this place.

And the LORD said unto him, "I have heard thy prayer and intercession that thou madest before me, and have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my name there forever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

But now I have chosen Jerusalem to have my name there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

And finally I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name be there forever, and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And king Rehoboam waxed mighty in Jerusalem and reigned. And Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he was made king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonite.

But the God that dwelleth in heaven, destroy all kings and people that put to their hand to alter and to break down the house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have commanded, that this be diligently done."

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments and do them: though ye were cast out unto the uttermost part of heaven, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you from thence, even unto the place that I have chosen for my name to dwell there.'

They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name, even to the ground.

At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.

but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

Then come ye, and stand before me in this house, which hath my name given unto it, and say 'Tush, we are absolved quite, though we have done all these abominations.'

For from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles. Yea, in every place shall there sacrifice be done, and a clean meat offering offered up unto my name: for my name is great among the Heathen, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you. And lo, I am with you always even until the end of the world."

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain: and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."

I will, therefore, that the men pray every where, lifting up pure hands without wrath, or doubting.

Will bless thee

And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.

The LORD bless thee and keep thee.

and will love thee, bless thee and multiply thee: he will bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy field, thy corn, thy wine and thy oil, the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

And when it was told king David how that the LORD had blessed the house of Obededom and all that pertained unto him, because of the Ark of God, he went and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obededom unto the city of David with gladness.

The LORD shall so bless thee out of Zion, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion!

General references

Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.