Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Deuteronomy 3:18And I commanded you at that time, saying: The Lord your God giveth you this land for an inheritance, go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the strong men of you,
Deuteronomy 4:5You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:
Deuteronomy 4:19Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judgments, which I speak in your ears this day: learn them, and fulfil them in work.
Deuteronomy 12:19Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.
Job 7:1The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:1
Moses at this chapter comes to the particular statues which he had to give in charge to Israel, and he begins with those which relate to the worship of God, and particularly those which explain the second commandment, about which God is in a special manner jealous. I. They must utterly destroy all relics and remains of idolatry, ver. 1-3 . II. They must keep close to the tabernacle, ver. 4, 5 . The former precept was intended to prevent all false worship, the latter to preserve the worship God had instituted. By… Read the whole commentary →