Bible Cross References
fathers
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.)
Genesis 12:7
The LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants." Then Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 33:18-20
18
On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city.
19
He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.
20
He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 27:12
"After you have crossed the Jordan, the following tribes are to stand on Mount Gerizim when the blessings are pronounced on the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Joshua 8:33-35
33
The Israelites, with their leaders, officers, and judges, as well as the foreigners among them, stood on two sides of the LORD's Covenant Box, facing the levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood with their backs to Mount Gerizim and the other half with their backs to Mount Ebal. The LORD's servant Moses had commanded them to do this when the time came for them to receive the blessing.
34
Joshua then read aloud the whole Law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the book of the Law.
35
Every one of the commandments of Moses was read by Joshua to the whole gathering, which included women and children, as well as the foreigners living among them.
Judges 9:6
Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.
Judges 9:7
When Jotham heard about this, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, and God may listen to you!
2 Kings 17:26-33
26
The emperor of Assyria was told that the people he had settled in the cities of Samaria did not know the law of the god of that land, and so the god had sent lions, which were killing them.
27
So the emperor commanded: "Send back one of the priests we brought as prisoners; have him go back and live there, in order to teach the people the law of the god of that land."
28
So an Israelite priest who had been deported from Samaria went and lived in Bethel, where he taught the people how to worship the LORD.
29
But the people who settled in Samaria continued to make their own idols, and they placed them in the shrines that the Israelites had built. Each different group made idols in the cities they were living in:
30
the people of Babylon made idols of the god Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuth, idols of Nergal; the people of Hamath, idols of Ashima;
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the people of Ivvah, idols of Nibhaz and Tartak; and the people of Sepharvaim sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32
These people also worshiped the LORD and chose from among their own number all sorts of people to serve as priests at the pagan places of worship and to offer sacrifices for them there.
33
So they worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.
and ye
Deuteronomy 12:5-11
5
Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.
6
There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep.
7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, who has blessed you, you and your families will eat and enjoy the good things that you have worked for.
8
"When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please,
9
because you have not yet entered the land that the LORD your God is giving you, where you can live in peace.
10
When you cross the Jordan River, the LORD will let you occupy the land and live there. He will keep you safe from all your enemies, and you will live in peace.
11
The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.
1 Kings 9:3
The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
1 Chronicles 21:26
He built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed, and the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn the sacrifices on the altar.
1 Chronicles 22:1
So David said, "This is where the Temple of the LORD God will be. Here is the altar where the people of Israel are to offer burnt offerings."
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.' "
2 Chronicles 7:12
the LORD appeared to him at night. He said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and I accept this Temple as the place where sacrifices are to be offered to me.
2 Chronicles 7:16
because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
Psalm 78:68
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.
Psalm 87:1
The LORD built his city on the sacred hill;
Psalm 87:2
more than any other place in Israel he loves the city of Jerusalem.
Psalm 132:13
The LORD has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home: