John 4:20
Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem."
Cross References
Genesis 33:20
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Deuteronomy 11:29
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Joshua 8:33
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier to bless the people of Israel.

Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will be My place of repose?

Luke 9:53
But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

John 4:12
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Genesis 12:6, 7
Abram traveled through the land to the site of the oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land. . . .

Genesis 33:18-20
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. . . .

Deuteronomy 27:12
"When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Joshua 8:33-35
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier to bless the people of Israel. . . .

Judges 9:6, 7
Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king. . . .

2 Kings 17:26-33
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off." . . .

and ye.

Deuteronomy 12:5-11
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. . . .

1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

1 Chronicles 21:26
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My Name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

2 Chronicles 7:12, 16
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. . . .

Psalm 78:68
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Psalm 87:1, 2
His foundation is on the holy mountains. . . .

Psalm 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

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