Deu 12:5, 11, 21, 1Ki 8:16, 20, 29, 9:3, 2Ch 2:4, Ezr 6:12 | ESV | STEP | But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there . There you shall go ,

5 But you shall seek ^athe place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation ^{▼▼Or name as its habitation} there. There you shall go,

Deuteronomy 12:11

11 then to ^cthe place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, ^dyour tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:21

21 If ^ethe place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, ^fthen you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.

1 Kings 8:16

16 ^g‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, ^hthat my name might be there. ⁱBut I chose David to be over my people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:20

20 Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, ^jas the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Kings 8:29

29 ^kthat your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ^l‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.

1 Kings 9:3

3 And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, ^mby putting my name there forever. ⁿMy eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 2:4

4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of ^oincense of sweet spices before him, and for ^pthe regular arrangement of the showbread, and for ^qburnt offerings morning and evening, ^ron the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.

Ezra 6:12

12 May the God ^swho has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”