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Deuteronomy 12:5, 6

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- 5 Rather, seek Jehovah your God wherever he chooses to establish his name and his place of residence among all your tribes, and go there.+ 6 That is where you are to bring your burnt offerings,+ your sacrifices, your tithes,*+ the contribution from your hand,+ your vow offerings, your voluntary offerings,+ and the firstborn of your herd and flock.+

1 Kings 9:3

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- 3 Jehovah said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your request for favor that you made before me. I have sanctified this house that you built by permanently putting my name there,+ and my eyes and my heart will always be there.+

2 Chronicles 7:12

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- 12 Jehovah then appeared to Solʹo·mon+ during the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.+

Psalm 122:superscription-9

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- A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
  
  122 I rejoiced when they said to me:
  
  “Let us go to the house of Jehovah.”+
  
  2 And now our feet are standing
  Within your gates, O Jerusalem.+
  
  3 Jerusalem is built as a city
  That is joined together as one.+
  
  4 The tribes have gone up to it,
  The tribes of Jah,*
  According to the reminder to Israel,
  To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.+
  
  5 For thrones for judgment were set up there,+
  Thrones of the house of David.+
  
  6 Ask for the peace of Jerusalem.+
  
  Those who love you, O city, will be secure.
  
  7 May peace continue within your ramparts,*
  Security within your fortified towers.
  
  8 For the sake of my brothers and my companions I will say:
  
  “May there be peace within you.”
  
  9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God,+
  I will seek good for you.