Deuteronomy 12:9

for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

Young's Literal Translation

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

8'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

10and ye have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which Jehovah your God is causing you to inherit, and He hath given rest to you from all your enemies round about, and ye have dwelt confidently:

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:56'Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant.

Psalms 95:11Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest — !'

Micah 2:10Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, 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 did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again 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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