“Praise the Lord! He promised to give rest to his people, Israel. And he has given us rest! The Lord used his servant Moses and made many good promises to the people of Israel. And the Lord has kept every one of those promises!
Deuteronomy 12:9 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because we have not yet entered the peaceful land that the Lord your God is giving you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you. American Standard Version (1901) for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. Common English Bible because up to this point you haven’t yet reached the place of rest or the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you. Catholic Public Domain Version For even until the present time, you did not arrive at the rest and the possession, which the Lord your God will give to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For until this present time you are not come to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you. |
“Praise the Lord! He promised to give rest to his people, Israel. And he has given us rest! The Lord used his servant Moses and made many good promises to the people of Israel. And the Lord has kept every one of those promises!
David had said, “The Lord God of Israel has given peace to his people. The Lord has come to Jerusalem to live there forever.
So I was angry, and I swore (promised)\par they would not enter my land of rest.\par
The Lord says:\par “The people who escaped the enemy’s sword\par will find comfort in the desert.\par Israel will go there looking for rest.”\par
Get up and leave!\par This will not be your place of rest.\par Why? Because you ruined this place!\par You made it unclean,\par So it will be destroyed!\par It will be a terrible destruction!\par
“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.
“You might be gathering your harvest in the field, and you might forget and leave some grain there. You must not go back to get it. It will be for the foreigners, the orphans, [154] and the widows. [155] If you leave some grain for them, then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
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.’
“The Lord became angry at me because of you. The Lord swore (promised) that I could not go across the Jordan River. He told me that I could not go into the good land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Joshua took control of the whole land of Israel, just as the Lord had told Moses long ago. The Lord gave that land to Israel just like he promised. And Joshua divided the land among the family groups of Israel. Finally, the fighting ended and there was peace in the land.