Exodus 20:24

Conservative English Version

Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshiped, I will come down to bless you.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

2 Samuel 6:12

(SEE 6:11)

1 Kings 8:29

This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshiped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn toward it and pray.

1 Kings 8:43

listen from your home in heaven and answer their prayers. Then everyone on earth will worship you, just like your people Israel, and they will know that I have built this temple to honor you.

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshiped forever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 5:17

Finally Naaman said, "If you won't accept a gift, then please let me take home as much soil as two mules can pull in a wagon. Sir, from now on I will offer sacrifices only to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 12:13

Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled seventeen years from Jerusalem, the city where the LORD had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon. Rehoboam was a powerful king,

2 Chronicles 6:6

(SEE 6:4)

2 Chronicles 7:16

because it belongs to me, and this is where I will be worshiped forever. I will never stop watching over it.

Ezra 6:12

I ask the God who is worshiped in Jerusalem to destroy any king or nation who tries either to change what I have said or to tear down his temple. I, Darius, give these orders, and I expect them to be followed carefully.

Nehemiah 1:9

But you also said that no matter how far away we were, we could turn to you and start obeying your laws. Then you would bring us back to the place where you have chosen to be worshiped.

Psalm 101:2

Please help me learn to do the right thing, and I will be honest and fair in my own kingdom.

Psalm 122:2

Jerusalem, we are standing inside your gates.

Psalm 128:5

I pray that the LORD will bless you from Zion and let Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.

Psalm 134:3

The LORD is the Creator of heaven and earth, and I pray that the LORD will bless you from Zion.

Psalm 74:7

They burned down your temple and badly disgraced it.

Psalm 76:2

Your home is on Mount Zion in the city of peace.

Psalm 78:68

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

Exodus 10:25

"No!" Moses replied. "You must let us offer sacrifices to the LORD our God,

Exodus 18:12

Jethro offered sacrifices to God. Then Aaron and Israel's leaders came to eat with Jethro there at the place of worship.

Exodus 20:25

If you ever build an altar for me out of stones, do not use any tools to chisel the stones, because that would make the altar unfit.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses wrote down what the LORD had said. The next morning Moses got up early. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up a large stone for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 24:5

He also sent some young men to burn offerings and to sacrifice bulls as special offerings to the LORD.

Exodus 27:1

Use acacia wood to build an altar seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high,

Isaiah 64:5

You help all who gladly obey and do what you want, but sin makes you angry. Only by your help can we ever be saved.

Leviticus 17:9

except at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you do, you will no longer belong to my people.

Malachi 1:11

From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.

Matthew 18:20

Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.

Matthew 28:20

and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.

Deuteronomy 12:11

(SEE 12:5)

Deuteronomy 12:21

(SEE 12:20)

Deuteronomy 12:5

Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the LORD will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices just anywhere you want to. Instead, the LORD will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All of your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the LORD and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That's where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil, as well as the first-born of your cattle, sheep, and goats. You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the LORD your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you. Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the LORD has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal--let the blood drain out on the ground.

Deuteronomy 14:23

Also set aside ten percent of your wine and olive oil, and the first-born of every cow, sheep, and goat. Take these to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped, and eat them there. This will teach you to always respect the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 16:11

(SEE 16:10)

Deuteronomy 26:2

and plant crops. And when you begin harvesting each of your crops, the very first things you pick must be put in a basket. Take them to the place where the LORD your God chooses to be worshiped,

Deuteronomy 7:13

The LORD will love you and bless you by giving you many children and plenty of food, wine, and olive oil. Your herds of cattle will have many calves, and your flocks of sheep will have many lambs.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.