John 4:20

Conversation With A Samaritan Woman

¹⁹ The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

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Genesis 12:6-7

Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

"When you have crossed over the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, 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 you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,

Joshua 8:33-35

And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.

Judges 9:6-7

And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

1 Kings 9:3

And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

2 Kings 17:26-33

So the king of Assyria was told, "The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land."

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the LORD, and the LORDanswered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

2 Chronicles 7:12

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the 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

For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

Psalm 78:68

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

Psalm 87:1-2

On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

Psalm 132:13

For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

Luke 9:53

But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.