Deuteronomy 18:6

New American Bible - revised edition

When a Levite goes from one of your communities anywhere in Israel in which he has been residing, to visit, as his heart may desire, the place which the Lord will choose,

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love the refuge of your house, the site of the dwelling-place of your glory.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: To dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, To gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple.

Psalm 84:10

O God, watch over our shield; look upon the face of your anointed.

Psalm 84:5

Blessed are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you. Selah

Numbers 35:5

You will measure out two thousand cubits outside the city along the east side, two thousand cubits along the south side, two thousand cubits along the west side, and two thousand cubits along the north side, with the city lying in the center. These will be the pasture lands of their cities.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place for his name you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and personal contributions, and every special offering you have vowed to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:14

but offer them in the place which the Lord chooses in one of your tribal territories; there you shall do what I command you. Profane and Sacred Slaughter.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Instead, you shall seek out the place which the Lord, your God, chooses out of all your tribes and designates as his dwelling to put his name there. There you shall go,

Deuteronomy 16:2

You shall offer the Passover sacrifice from your flock and your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place the Lord will choose as the dwelling place of his name.

Deuteronomy 18:7

and ministers there in the name of the Lord, his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand before the Lord there,

1 Timothy 3:1

This saying is trustworthy: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God in your midst, [overseeing] not by constraint but willingly, as God would have it, not for shameful profit but eagerly.