Psalms 24:3

Who may ascend God's holy hill and stand in his presence? The question probes who is fit to approach a holy God.

Cross-references · 17

• Ps 15:1A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
• Heb 12:28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
• Ps 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
• Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Mal 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• Heb 12:22–24Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
• Ps 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
• Ps 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
• 2 Sam 6:12–17Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
• Lev 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
• Ps 68:15–16A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
• 1 Chr 15:1David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
• Ps 78:68–69But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 13:36“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
• 1 Chr 15:25–28So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
• Eph 4:8–10This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

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