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Psalm 24:3
Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
1A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
2For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
3Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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The repeated question about who may approach God makes worship a matter of access to someone holy, whose presence deserves more than casual familiarity.
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Psalm 15:1A Psalm by David. LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?Both psalms ask who may enter or remain in God’s holy place, using the shared image of his hill.
Hebrews 12:28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,Both passages treat approaching or serving God as a matter of what he accepts, with Hebrews naming reverence and awe.
Psalm 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”Both name God’s holy hill; Psalm 2 identifies it as Zion and speaks of the King God has set there.
Psalm 65:4Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.Both concern access to God’s holy dwelling, with Psalm 65 describing the blessing of being chosen and brought near.
Malachi 3:1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the …Both concern arrival at God’s dwelling, though Malachi describes the Lord coming to his temple rather than worshipers approaching.
Psalm 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell …Ascent and God’s dwelling appear in both passages, though Psalm 68 also speaks of captives and gifts.
Hebrews 12:22–24But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,Both connect coming near to God with a mountain, and Hebrews names Mount Zion and the heavenly Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 6:12–17King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.” So David went and brought up God’s ark …Both involve going up in relation to God’s presence; Samuel recounts David bringing God’s ark into his city with joy.
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be …Both connect coming near to God with his holiness, which Leviticus says God will display before those who approach.
1 Chronicles 15:1David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.The shared thread is a place associated with God: the psalm names his holy place, and Chronicles describes preparations for his ark.
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, …Both speak of ascent toward God, though John records Jesus announcing his ascent to the Father rather than asking who may ascend.
1 Chronicles 15:25–28So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.Both speak of upward movement associated with God; Chronicles describes David and Israel’s leaders bringing up the covenant ark with joy.
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