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1 Chronicles 16:29

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in holy attire.
1 Chronicles 16:29 · New American Standard Bible
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  • WEB Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
  • KJV Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
  • BSB Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
  • NKJV Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
  • NLT Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his presence. Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.

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Give the Lord the glory due His name, bring an offering, and worship in holy splendor. God deserves both honor and reverent, set-apart worship.

Overview

The psalm calls worshipers to honor God's name, bring offerings, and approach Him in holiness. True worship combines giving, reverence, and purity of heart. The summons to worship in holy array anticipates the access believers have through Christ, who makes us holy and fit to draw near to God.

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Cross-references · 22

  • Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
  • Ps 96:9Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
  • Isa 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • Ps 108:3–5I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
  • Ps 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  • Ps 95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
  • Ps 29:2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
  • Rev 4:9–11When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
  • Ps 89:5–8The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
  • Ps 72:15They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.
  • Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
  • 2 Chr 20:21When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.”
  • Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
  • Ps 148:13–14let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
  • Rev 5:12–14saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
  • Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
  • Ezek 24:25You, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,
  • Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • 1 Kgs 8:41–43“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake
  • Isa 60:6–7A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
  • Ezek 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.
  • Ps 68:30–31Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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