Deuteronomy 12:7

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and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

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The Jordan River marked the boundary Israel would cross from the wilderness into Canaan, the land God promised them. In this context, entering beyond the Jordan meant worshiping at the place the Lord would choose, rejoicing before him as a covenant people settled in their inheritance.

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Deuteronomy 12:7 mentions Jordan.

Jordan · Bill Rice

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