John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
Genesis 12:6-7
Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
Deuteronomy 11:29
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 27:12
"The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Genesis 33:18-20
After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.
Deuteronomy 12:5-11
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
Joshua 8:33-35
All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.
Judges 9:6-7
All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
1 Kings 9:3
The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
2 Kings 17:26-33
The king of Assyria was told, "The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land."
1 Chronicles 21:26
David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the Lord, and the Lord responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.
1 Chronicles 22:1
David then said, "This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel."
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'
2 Chronicles 7:12
the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.
2 Chronicles 7:16
Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
Psalm 78:68
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
Psalm 87:1-2
Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The Lord's city is in the holy hills.
Psalm 132:13
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
Luke 9:53
but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.