Deuteronomy 12:8

You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

7And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you.

9For until this present time you are not come to refit, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:9And Josue said to the children of Israel: Come hither and hear the word of the Lord your God.

Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

Acts 7:42And God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, 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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