Psalm 122:4

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.

Whither

The testimony

Exodus 16:34

Exodus 26:33

Exodus 32:15

To give

General references

Psalm 116:19

Ezekiel 46:10

Bible References

Whither

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

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

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

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

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].

“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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

General references

In the courts of the Lord’s house (temple)—
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, he shall go out.