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

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.

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.

You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns Jehovah your God is giving you.

Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.

Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.

Jehovah said: I have heard your prayers and your supplication you made. I have made this house holy. I put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.

I have chosen and declared this Temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. He was forty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose from all the tribes of Israel, and the city where Jehovah put his name. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

May the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order. Let it be done with all care.

If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.'

They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your name.

His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem). His dwelling place also is in Zion.

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

Jehovah has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.

Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'

Where ever the sun rises and sets my name will be great among the people of the nations. Incense will be offered to my name everywhere. It will be a pure offering! For my name will be great among the nations, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.

Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

Will bless thee

I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Jehovah will bless you and watch over you.'

He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers.

King David was told: Jehovah has blessed Obed Edom's home and everything he owns because of the Ark of God. Then David joyfully went to get the Ark of God from Obed Edom's house and bring it to the City of David.

May Jehovah bless you from Zion so that you may see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life.

May Jehovah bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth.

General references

Our feet will stand inside your gates, Jerusalem.