This teaching is found in both Old and New Testaments: Genesis 6:7, 8; Deuteronomy 7:1-6; 22:5, 9-11; 2 Chronicles 18:1, 2; 19:2; John 15:19; 17:16; 18:36; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 1:4; James 1:27; 4:4; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 2:15-17.
Dagiti bambanag a katupag ti nagkauna a tabernakulo a nausar iti panagdaydayaw iti Dios—a pakairamanan ti lakasa ti tulag, simmarming a baybay, (palanggana a pagbugguan), dagiti pagsilawan, daton nga insienso, ken ti altar a pagidatonan.​—Exodo 25:10, 17, 18; 40:24-32; Apocalipsis 4:​5, 6; 5:8; 8:3; 11:19.