Psalm 122:4


To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:16

“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

Exodus 23:17

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

Exodus 16:34

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron [eventually] placed it in the presence of the Testimony, to be kept.

Exodus 26:33-34

You shall hang the veil from the hooks [that connect the curtains together], and you shall bring the ark of the Testimony there within the veil. The veil shall separate for you the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies.

Exodus 32:15

Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both sides—they were written on one side and on the other.

Exodus 34:23-24

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].

Deuteronomy 12:11

then it shall come about that the place which the Lord your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Psalm 66:13-16


I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall pay You my vows,

Psalm 78:68


But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

Psalm 107:1-3

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

Psalm 116:17-19


I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call on the name of the Lord.

Psalm 118:19


Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

Psalm 132:13


For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

General references

Bible References

Whither

Psalm 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Exodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].
Deuteronomy 16:16
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

The testimony

Exodus 16:34
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron [eventually] placed it in the presence of the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 26:33
You shall hang the veil from the hooks [that connect the curtains together], and you shall bring the ark of the Testimony there within the veil. The veil shall separate for you the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies.
Exodus 32:15
Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both sides—they were written on one side and on the other.

To give

Psalm 66:13

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall pay You my vows,
Psalm 107:1
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!
Psalm 116:17

I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call on the name of the Lord.
Psalm 118:19

Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

General references

Psalm 116:19

In the courts of the Lord’s house (temple)—
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Ezekiel 46:10
When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, he shall go out.