Gen 12:7-8, 13:18, 35:1-3, Psa 26:8, 42:1-2, 84:1-2, 10 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said , To your offspring I will give this land . So he built there an altar to the Lord , who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:7-8

7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ^a“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of ^bBethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 13:18

18 So Abram moved his tent and came and ^csettled by the ^doaks ^{▼▼Or terebinths} of Mamre, which ^fare at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 35:1-3

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^gBethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you ^hwhen you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his ⁱhousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away ^jthe foreign gods that are among you and ^kpurify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God ^lwho answers me in the day of my distress and ^mhas been with me wherever I have gone.”

Psalms 26:8

8 O Lord, I ⁿlove the habitation of your house
and the place where your glory dwells.

Psalms 42:1-2

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of ^pthe Sons of Korah.

1 ^qAs a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 ^rMy soul thirsts for God,
for ^sthe living God.
When shall I come and ^tappear before God? ^{▼▼Revocalization yields and see the face of God}

Psalms 84:1-2

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^vThe Gittith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of ^xthe Sons of Korah.

1 How ^ylovely is your ^zdwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul ^aalongs, yes, ^abfaints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to ^acthe living God.

Psalms 84:10

10 For a day ^adin your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^aea doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.