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Deuteronomy 12:8

6 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

7 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

9 For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

10 When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
KJV
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
WEB
You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
ASV
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
DARBY
Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.
BLB
You⁺ shall not do at all as we are doing here today—every man, whatever [is] right in his own eyes.
ÅB
Dere skal ikke gjøre slik som vi gjør her idag, enhver det som tykkes ham å være rett;
OTB
Dere skal ikke gjøre som vi gjør her i dag, hvor hver gjør det som er rett i egne øyne.
B1930
I skal ikke gjøre således som vi gjør her idag, enhver det som tykkes ham å være rett;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 21:25

    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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  • Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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  • Proverbs 21:2

    All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

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  • Acts 7:42

    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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  • Numbers 15:39

    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

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  • Amos 5:25

    Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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