Psalm 78:67-69

Contemporary English Version

⁶⁷Then the Lord decided
    not to make his home
with Joseph's descendants
    in Ephraim.^[a]
⁶⁸Instead he chose the tribe
    of Judah,
and he chose Mount Zion,
    the place he loves.
⁶⁹There he built his temple
as lofty as the mountains
and as solid as the earth
he made to last forever.

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Footnotes

78.67 with … Ephraim: Ephraim was Joseph's youngest son. One of the twelve tribes was named after him, and sometimes the northern kingdom of Israel was also known as Ephraim. The town of Shiloh was in the territory of Ephraim, but the place where God was worshiped was moved from there to Zion (Jerusalem) in the territory of Judah.