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Psalms 132:5
until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must turn to the place Yahweh your God chooses from all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling and go there.
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2 Chronicles 6 7-2 Chronicles 6 9
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.However, Yahweh said to my father David,“ Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire.Yet, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own offspring, will build the temple for My name.”
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Deuteronomy 12:11
then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.
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1 Kings 8 16-1 Kings 8 20
“ Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there. But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel.”It was in the desire of my father David to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.But the Lord said to my father David,“ Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire.Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name.”The Lord has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter any of your herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
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1 Kings 9 3
The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put My name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times.
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2 Samuel 7 2-2 Samuel 7 3
the king said to Nathan the prophet,“ Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”So Nathan told the king,“ Go and do all that is on your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
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2 Chronicles 2 4
Now I am building a temple for the name of Yahweh my God in order to dedicate it to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the rows of the bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
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1 Chronicles 17 1-1 Chronicles 17 15
When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“ Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.”So Nathan told David,“ Do all that is on your heart, for God is with you.”But that night the word of God came to Nathan:“ Go to David My servant and say,‘ This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not lived in a house; instead, I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.In all My travels throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, asking: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’“ Now this is what you will say to My servant David:‘ This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they formerly haveever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.“‘ Furthermore, I declare to you that the Lord Himself will build a house for you.When your time comes to be with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. I will not take away My faithful love from him as I took it from the one who was before you.I will appoint him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.’”Nathan reported all these words and this entire vision to David.
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1 Kings 8 29
so that Your eyes may watch over this temple night and day, toward the place where You said: My name will be there, and so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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1 Chronicles 29 3
Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house:
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1 Chronicles 28 2-1 Chronicles 28 21
Then King David rose to his feet and said,“ Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,but God said to me,‘ You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’“ Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.And out 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 Lord’s kingdom over Israel.He said to me,‘ Your son Solomon is the one who is to build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father.I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping My commands and My ordinances as he is today.’“ So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.“ As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upper rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat.The plans contained everything he had in mind for the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of God’s house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated.Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house;the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables;the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.David concluded,“ By the Lord’s hand on me, He enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan.”Then David said to his son Solomon,“ Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house. Every willing man of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”
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Ezra 6:12
May the God who caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.
