for: or, of
His: 2 Chronicles 3:1; Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11; Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Peter 2:4-8
the holy: Psalms 48:1-2, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 121:1; Isaiah 2:2-3, Isaiah 56:7; Zechariah 8:3; 2 Peter 1:18
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Psalms 87:1
Psalms 87:1
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