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Genesis 28:17-19
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Genesis 28:17-19
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He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
18
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
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He called that place Bethel,
[a]
though the city used to be called Luz.
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Exodus 3:5
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Exodus 19:21
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Joshua 5:15
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Psalms 68:24,35
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ver 22;
Genesis 32:2
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1 Chronicles 22:1
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2 Chronicles 3:1
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ver 11
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ver 22;
Ge 31:13,45,51
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Genesis 35:14
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Exodus 24:4
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Joshua 24:26,27
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Isaiah 19:19
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Leviticus 8:11
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Joshua 4:9
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Genesis 12:8
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Genesis 35:6
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Genesis 48:3
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Joshua 16:2
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Joshua 18:13
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Judges 1:23,26
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[a].
"Bethel" means "house of God."
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