Deuteronomy 12:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD has promised that later on he will give Israel more land, and some of you may not be able to travel all the way from your homes to the place of worship each time you are hungry for meat. But the LORD will give you cattle, sheep, and goats, and you can butcher any of those animals at home and eat as much as you want.

Cross References

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will spread over the earth in all directions and will become as numerous as the specks of dust. Your family will be a blessing to all people.

Genesis 31:30

I can understand why you were eager to return to your father, but why did you have to steal my idols?

2 Samuel 13:39

David still felt so sad over the loss of Amnon that he wanted to take his army there and capture Absalom.

2 Samuel 23:15

and he was very thirsty. He said, “I wish I had a drink from the well by the gate at Bethlehem.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

One day he prayed to Israel's God, “Please bless me and give me a lot of land. Be with me so I will be safe from harm.” And God did just what Jabez had asked.

Psalm 107:9

To everyone who is thirsty, he gives something to drink; to everyone who is hungry, he gives good things to eat.

Psalm 119:174

I am waiting for you to save me, LORD. Your Law makes me happy.

Psalm 119:20

What I want most of all and at all times is to honour your laws.

Psalm 119:40

I long for your teachings. Be true to yourself and let me live.

Psalm 63:1

You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert.

Psalm 84:2

Deep in my heart I long for your temple, and with all that I am I sing joyful songs to you.

Exodus 23:31

I will see that your borders reach from the Red Sea to the River Euphrates and from the Mediterranean Sea to the desert. I will let you defeat the people who live there, and you will force them out of the land.

Exodus 34:24

I will force the nations out of your land and enlarge your borders. Then no one will try to take your property when you come to worship me these three times each year.

Numbers 11:34

After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place “Graves for the Greedy”.

Numbers 11:4

One day some worthless foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, “We don't have any meat!

2 Corinthians 9:14

Now they are praying for you and want to see you, because God used you to bless them so very much.

Deuteronomy 11:24

You will capture the land everywhere you go, from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains, and from the River Euphrates west to the Mediterranean Sea.

Deuteronomy 19:8

Israel, the LORD your God has promised that if you obey his laws and teachings I'm giving you, and if you always love him, then he will give you the land he promised your ancestors. When that happens, you must name three more Safe Towns in the new territory.

Philippians 1:8

God himself knows how much I want to see you. He knows that I care for you in the same way that Christ Jesus does.

Philippians 2:26

but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick.