Deuteronomy 12:9

for until now you have not come to the rest and to the inheritance which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Literal Standard 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 do not do according to all that we are doing here today—each [doing] anything that is right in his own eyes—

10When you have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which your God YHWH is causing you to inherit, and He has given rest to you from all your surrounding enemies, and you have dwelt confidently,

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:56“Blessed [is] YHWH who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He has spoken; not [even] one word has fallen of all His good word, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Moses.

Psalms 95:11Where I swore in My anger, “If they come into My rest—!”

Micah 2:10Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, || Because of uncleanness it corrupts, || And corruption is powerful.

1 Peter 1:3Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness begot us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out of 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 →

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