Deuteronomy 12:8

'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

Young's Literal Translation

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 ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

9for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

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Cross References

Joshua 3:9And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

Judges 17:6in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

Acts 7:42and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, 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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