Deuteronomy 12:8

You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

In Context

7There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

9For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Acts 7:42But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32

Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →

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