John 4:20 Cross References
John 4:20
20: So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?"
Genesis 12:6
- Traveling through Canaan, they came to a place near Shechem and set up camp beside the oak at Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
- Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I am going to give this land to your offspring. "And Abram built an altar there to commemorate the LORD's visit.
Deuteronomy 11:29
- "When the LORD your God brings you into the land to possess it, you must pronounce a blessing from Mount Gerizim and a curse from Mount Ebal.
Genesis 33:18
- Then they arrived safely at Shechem, in Canaan, and they set up camp just outside the town.
- Jacob bought the land he camped on from the family of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- And there he built an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:5
- Rather, you must seek the LORD your God at the place he himself will choose from among all the tribes for his name to be honored.
- There you will bring to the LORD your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your freewill offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your flocks and herds.
- There you and your families will feast in the presence of the LORD your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- "Today you are doing whatever you please, but that is not how it will be
- when you arrive in the place of rest the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 27:12
- "When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.
2 Chronicles 7:12
- Then one night the LORD appeared to Solomon and said, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices.
Joshua 8:33
- Then all the Israelites--foreigners and citizens alike--along with the leaders, officers, and judges, were divided into two groups. One group stood at the foot of Mount Gerizim, the other at the foot of Mount Ebal. Each group faced the other, and between them stood the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the LORD's covenant. This was all done according to the instructions Moses, the servant of the LORD, had given for blessing the people of Israel.
- Joshua then read to them all the blessings and curses Moses had written in the Book of the Law.
- Every command Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly, including the women and children and the foreigners who lived among the Israelites.
1 Chronicles 22:1
- Then David said, "This will be the location for the Temple of the LORD God and the place of the altar for Israel's burnt offerings!"
Psalms 78:68
- He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
2 Chronicles 7:16
- for I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be my home forever. My eyes and my heart will always be here.
Psalms 87:1
- On the holy mountain stands the city founded by the LORD.
- He loves the city of Jerusalem more than any other city in Israel.
Luke 9:53
- But they were turned away. The people of the village refused to have anything to do with Jesus because he had resolved to go to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 17:26
- So a message was sent to the king of Assyria: "The people whom you have resettled in the towns of Israel do not know how to worship the God of the land. He has sent lions among them to destroy them because they have not worshiped him correctly."
- The king of Assyria then commanded, "Send one of the exiled priests from Samaria back to Israel. Let him teach the new residents the religious customs of the God of the land."
- So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria returned to Bethel and taught the new residents how to worship the LORD.
- But these various groups of foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. In town after town where they lived, they placed their idols at the pagan shrines that the people of Israel had built.
- Those from Babylon worshiped idols of their god Succoth-benoth. Those from Cuthah worshiped their god Nergal. And those from Hamath worshiped Ashima.
1 Kings 9:3
- The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your request. I have set apart this Temple you have built so that my name will be honored there forever. I will always watch over it and care for it.
2 Chronicles 6:6
- But now I have chosen Jerusalem as that city, and David as that king.'"
1 Chronicles 21:26
- David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
Psalms 132:13
- For the LORD has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it as his home.
Judges 9:6
- Then the people of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.
- When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted, "Listen to me, people of Shechem! Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!