Bible Cross References
the people
1 Kings 22:43
And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing [what was] right in the eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, [for] the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
Leviticus 17:3-6
3
"Whatever man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills [it] outside the camp,
4
"and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, the guilt of bloodshed shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people,
5
"to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them [as] peace offerings to the LORD.
6
"And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 12:2-5
2
"You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
3
"And you shall destroy their altars, break their [sacred] pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.
4
"You shall not worship the LORD your God [with] such [things.]
5
"But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.
2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, [but] only to the LORD their God.
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1 Kings 5:3
You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the LORD put [his foes] under the soles of his feet.
1 Chronicles 17:4-6
4
"Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: "You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
5
"For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another.]
6
"Wherever I have moved about with all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?' " '
1 Chronicles 28:3-6
3
"But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name, because you [have been] a man of war and have shed blood.'
4
"However the LORD God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make [me] king over all Israel.
5
"And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
6
"Now He said to me, 'It is your son Solomon [who] shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him [to be] My son, and I will be his Father.
Acts 7:47-49
47
"But Solomon built Him a house.
48
"However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49
'Heaven [is] My throne, And earth [is] My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what [is] the place of My rest?