Psalm 122:4 {121:4}
Good News Translation
This is where the tribes come, the tribes of Israel, to give thanks to the LORD according to his command.

New Revised Standard Version
To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Every tribe of the LORD obeys him and comes to you to praise his name.

New American Bible
There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

whither

Psalm 78:68 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.

Psalm 132:13 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Exodus 23:17 Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

Exodus 34:23,24 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty Lord the God of Israel. . . .

Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . .

Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord:

the testimony

Exodus 16:34 As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept.

Exodus 26:33,34 And the veil shall be hanged on with rings, and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimony, and the sanctuary and the holy of the holies shall be divided with it. . . .

Exodus 32:15 And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,

to give

Psalm 66:13-16 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, . . .

Psalm 107:1-3 Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Psalm 116:17-19 I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. . . .

Psalm 118:19 Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go in to them, and give praise to the Lord.

Context
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. 4For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.5Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:17
Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord:

Psalm 84:5
Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

Psalm 122:3
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