Deuteronomy 12:9
because you haven't arrived in the land you will own that the Lord your God is giving you and where you will be at peace.
Free Bible Version
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're not to do like we're doing here today. At the moment everyone does what they think is right,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:56“Praise the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel in accordance with everything he promised. Not a single word has failed among all the good promises he made through his servant Moses.
Psalms 95:11So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They will certainly not enter my rest.’”
Micah 2:10Get up! Leave! For this is not a place for you to stay. It is defiled and totally ruined.
1 Peter 1:3Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through his great mercy we have been born again and given a living hope through 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 →