3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’
1 Chronicles 28:3
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5 The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6 But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place t…
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