Deuteronomy 20:5

5Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Is there any man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

1 Kings 8:63

63Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 7:5

5King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:9

9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.

Ezra 6:16-17

16And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the adedication of this house of God with joy. 17They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel b12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:27

Dedication of the Wall

27And at cthe dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, dwith cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:43

43And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

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