Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the rules and regulations you must make sure to follow the whole time you live in the land that the Lord, the God of your forefathers, has given you to own.
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Deuteronomy 3:18This was when I gave you these instructions: “The Lord your God has given you this country as yours to own. All your warriors are to cross over, ready for battle, leading your fellow Israelites.
Deuteronomy 4:5Listen, I have taught you the rules and regulations just as the Lord my God ordered me to do, so you can follow them in the country that you are about to enter and take over.
Deuteronomy 4:19When you look up at the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the heavenly bodies—don't be tempted to bow down to them. Don't worship them like all the other nations on earth in the way that the Lord has allowed.
Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses called all the Israelites together and told them: Listen, people of Israel to the rules and regulations that I'm giving you today. Learn them and make sure you follow them carefully.
Deuteronomy 12:19and make sure you don't forget about the Levites for as long as you live in your land.
Job 7:1“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
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 →