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Deuteronomy 12:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God gives you. "

Deuteronomy 12:9

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7 There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God gives you.

10 But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,

11 then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.

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Deuteronomy 26:1

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"It shall be, when you have come in to the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it,"

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Deuteronomy 15:4

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"However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)"

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Sirach 45:22

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"However, in the land of the people, he has no inheritance, and he has no portion among the people, for the Lord himself is your portion and inheritance."

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Joshua 1:15

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"until the LORD has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’”"

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Exodus 12:25

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"It shall happen when you have come to the land which the LORD will give you, as he has promised, that you shall keep this service."

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Daniel 12:13

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"“But go your way until the end; for you will rest and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”"

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Deuteronomy 12:1

"These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth."

Deuteronomy 12:2

"You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree."

Deuteronomy 12:3

"You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place."

Deuteronomy 12:4

"You shall not do so to the LORD your God."

Deuteronomy 12:5

"But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there."

Deuteronomy 12:6

"You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there."

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