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Psalm 96:8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
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An offering carried into God’s courts makes worship tangible, while the glory due to his name sets the reason for coming before him.
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Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of …Both passages join coming before the LORD with bringing something to offer him.
Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.Both psalms speak of entering God’s courts and honoring his name, with Psalm 100 naming thanksgiving and praise.
Psalm 115:1Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.Both passages direct glory to the LORD’s name, with Psalm 115 rejecting human claims to that glory.
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.Both texts describe worship through an offering to God; Romans names the worshipers’ bodies as a living sacrifice.
Exodus 34:5–9The LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the LORD’s name.The LORD’s name is central in both texts: he proclaims it in Exodus, and the psalm commands honor for it.
Psalm 116:19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!Both passages locate worship in the LORD’s courts, with Psalm 116 naming Jerusalem as the setting.
Hebrews 13:15–16Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both passages connect an offering to honoring God’s name; Hebrews describes a sacrifice of praise through lips proclaiming allegiance.
Psalm 108:3–5I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.Psalm 96 addresses the families of nations, while Psalm 108 describes praise to the LORD among the nations.
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure …Both passages connect offerings with the honor of the LORD’s name in a setting that includes the nations.
Hebrews 13:13Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.Both use language of approach, though their settings differ: entering the LORD’s courts and going outside the camp to bear reproach.
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …Both passages join glorifying God’s name with coming before him in worship, and both include the nations in their setting.
1 Peter 2:5You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Both passages describe offerings in worship; Peter names spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Your praise acknowledges the glory that belongs to God. The offering and the entrance into his courts are responses to the worth of his name.
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