Deuteronomy 12:8
in Deuteronomy 12You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
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ASV
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is 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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Moses points out that heretofore they had not observed the prescribed order in their worship, because during their migratory life in the wilderness it had been impossible to do so. During their wanderings there were doubtless times when the tabernacle was not set up for days together, and when the daily sacrifice Num 28:3, together with many other ordinances, were necessarily omitted (compare Jos 5:5). This consideration must be carefully borne in mind throughout Deuteronomy.
This site's exposition
Ye shall not do after all the things
on Deuteronomy 12:8-9
Every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes describes the wilderness years as Moses looks back on them, and Judges 17:6 and 21:25 use the same sentence for the years after Joshua. Albert Barnes reads verse 8 as a plain statement that the prescribed order of worship could not be kept while the camp was moving, and he says that consideration governs the reading of the whole book. Verse 9 gives the reason the arrangement is about to change, that they are not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, and Hebrews 3 and 4 take up that word rest and press it further.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here,....
Moses was now about to lay down his life and government, and it was a comfort to him to foresee that Israel would be better in the next reign than they had been in his. They must not worship the Lord by any of those rites or ceremonies which the notions of Canaan had made use of in the service of their gods,
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשׂ֔וּן | taasun | you must do ! | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כְּ֠כֹל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֲנַ֧חְנוּ | ʾanachnu | we | H587 → | 120 times |
| עֹשִׂ֛ים | ʾosim | [are] doing | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| פֹּ֖ה | poh | here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֥ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ | beeinav | in own eyes his | H5869 → | 887 times |
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשׂ֔וּןyou must do !
taasunH6213 →2628 times
כְּ֠כֹלaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֲנַ֧חְנוּwe
ʾanachnuH587 →120 times
עֹשִׂ֛ים[are] doing
ʾosimH6213 →2628 times
פֹּ֖הhere
pohH6311 →82 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אִ֖ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּשָׁ֥רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃in own eyes his
beeinavH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
it leads to
- Proverbs 16:2
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- Proverbs 16:2
Through
Acts 7:42But 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…
it leads to
- Amos 5:25–26
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Amos 5:25–26
Through
Judges 21:25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
it leads to
- Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 14:12
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.