Deuteronomy 12:8

Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here to-day,—every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households,—wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

9Because ye have not entered as yet,—into the resting-place and into the inheritance which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:9Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel,—Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God.

Judges 17:6In those days, there was no king in Israel,—every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.

Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.

Acts 7:42But God, turned, and delivered them up to be doing divine service unto the host of heaven,—just as it is written in a book of the prophets—Victims and sacrifices did ye offer unto me, 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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