Bible Verses About Sacred Places

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.