Deuteronomy 12:5
12:5 But you must seek only the place he
chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence,
and you must go there.
Deuteronomy 12:11
12:11 Then you must come to the place the
Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing
everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared,
and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
Deuteronomy 12:2
12:2 You must by all means destroy
all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.
Deuteronomy 21:4
21:4 and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water,
to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown.
There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.
Deuteronomy 23:1
Purity in Public Worship
23:1 A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the Lord.
Psalms 132:13-14
132:13 Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion;
he decided to make it his home.
132:14 He said, “This will be my resting place forever;
I will live here, for I have chosen it.
Isaiah 14:32
14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation?
Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;
the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
Isaiah 62:1
The Lord Takes Delight in Zion
62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;
for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet,
until her vindication shines brightly
and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
Isaiah 62:7
62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
Jeremiah 33:15-16
33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant
of David.
“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.”