Deuteronomy 12:9
for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
8Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
Cross References
1 Kings 8:56'Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto His people Israel, according to all that He promised; there hath not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.
Psalms 95:11Wherefore I swore in My wrath, that they should not enter into My rest.'
Micah 2:10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of the uncleanness thereof, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
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 →