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Thematic Bible



They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple, blessing God.

But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. Verse ConceptsAcademicsPilgrimageJesus As Our TeacherChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple



But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come; Verse ConceptsChoicesHousesWorship, Places OfSacred PlacesA Place For God's Name

Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Verse ConceptsFeasting On Special OccasionsLaw, OtPilgrimageWorship, Times ForMen WorshippingEmpty HandedThree Times A YearFestivals Observedvacation

It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD's house. Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleThose Who Tore Clothes

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD's house, and spread it before the LORD. Verse ConceptsLettersSpreading

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are ever praising you. Selah. Verse ConceptsBlessed Through GodPsalm InterjectionsBlessings From GodPraising God In Public Worship

where the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. Verse ConceptsCustomReadingHabitsLiteracySabbath, In NtSynagogueWorship, Times ForReading The ScripturesOn The SabbathGoing To Churchculture

"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. Verse ConceptsRich, TheJewish SectsTwo PeopleCharacteristics Of PhariseesPraying For OthersGoing To ChurchPrayingtaxespharisees

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem; Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysParticipation, In ChristPilgrimageRevival, CorporateWord Of GodGod As Our TeacherGoing Up MountainsGod TeachingWalking In The Ways Of GodThe Gospel To The NationsThe Temple In HeavenThe Law Given To IsraelPaths