Deuteronomy 12:9
For until this present time you are not come to refit, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
In Context
8You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:56Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed so much as one word of all the good things that he promised by his servant Moses.
Psalms 95:11And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Micah 2:10Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.
1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32
Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →