Deuteronomy 12:9

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This is because we have not yet entered the peaceful land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:56

“Praise the Lord! He promised to give rest to his people, Israel. And he has given us rest! He used his servant Moses and made many good promises to the people of Israel. And he has kept every one of them!

Psalm 95:11

So in my anger I made this vow: ‘They will never enter my land of rest.’”

Deuteronomy 25:19

That is why you must destroy the memory of the Amalekites from the world. You will do this when you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you. There he will give you rest from all the enemies around you. But do not forget to destroy the Amalekites!

Micah 2:10

Get up and leave! This will not be your place of rest, because you ruined it. You made it unclean, so it will be destroyed! It will be a terrible destruction!

1 Chronicles 23:25

David had said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given peace to his people. And he has come to live in Jerusalem forever.

Deuteronomy 3:20

But you must help your Israelite relatives until they take the land that the Lord is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Help them until the Lord gives them peace there, just as he did for you here. Then you may come back to this land that I have given you.’

Deuteronomy 4:21

“The Lord was angry with me because of you. He swore that I could not go across the Jordan River into the good land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 12:8

“You must not continue to worship the way we have been worshiping. Until now each of us has been worshiping God any way we wanted.

Joshua 11:23

Joshua took control of the whole land of Israel as the Lord had told Moses long ago. The Lord gave that land to Israel as he promised. And Joshua divided the land among the tribes of Israel. Finally, the fighting ended and there was peace in the land.

Jeremiah 31:2

This is what the Lord says: “The people who escaped the enemy’s sword will find comfort in the desert. Israel will go there looking for rest.”