John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [people] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."
Genesis 12:6-7
And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites [were] in the land at that time.
Deuteronomy 11:29
"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 27:12
"These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people {when you cross} the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 33:18-20
And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem which [is] in the land of Canaan, {on his way} from Paddan-Aram. And he camped before the city.
Deuteronomy 12:5-11
{But only} to the place that Yahweh your God will choose from all [of] your tribes to place his name there as his dwelling shall you seek, and there you shall go.
Joshua 8:33-35
Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native}, with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side} of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them [stood] in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel.
Judges 9:6-7
All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near [the] oak of [the] pillar that [is] at Shechem.
1 Kings 9:3
Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house which you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
2 Kings 17:26-33
So they said to the king of Assyria, "The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the customs of the God of the land, so he sent lions among them, and now they are killing them because they do not know the customs of the God of the land."
1 Chronicles 21:26
Then David built an altar there to Yahweh, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and he called to Yahweh. And he answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen my name to be there in Jerusalem, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
2 Chronicles 7:12
Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 7:16
And now I have chosen and consecrated this house for my name to be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there {for all time}.
Psalm 78:68
but chose the tribe of Judah, {Mount Zion} that he loved.
Psalm 87:1-2
His foundation [is] on [the] holy mountains.
Psalm 132:13
For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.
Luke 9:53
And they did not welcome him because {he was determined to go} to Jerusalem.