Verse 8

Deuteronomy 12:8

GOD'S WORD Translation

8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ/ן כְּ֠/כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֧חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֛ים פֹּ֖ה הַ/יּ֑וֹם אִ֖ישׁ כָּל הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר בְּ/עֵינָֽי/ו
English Translation
You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.
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Chapter 12 Context
1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, th... Focus ↗
2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their... Focus ↗
3 You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles wi... Focus ↗
4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God (Elohim). Focus ↗
5 But to the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name... Focus ↗
6 There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your... Focus ↗
7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God (Elohim), and you shall rejoice in all that you put your... Focus ↗
8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God (Elohim) gives yo... Focus ↗
10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God (Elohim) causes you to... Focus ↗
11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose, to cause his nam... Focus ↗
12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God (Elohim): you, and your sons, your daughters, your male ser... Focus ↗
13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; Focus ↗
14 but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offeri... Focus ↗
15 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul,... Focus ↗
16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. Focus ↗
17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or t... Focus ↗
18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God (Elohim) in the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) s... Focus ↗
19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. Focus ↗
20 When Yahweh your God (Elohim) enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to... Focus ↗
21 If the place which Yahweh your God (Elohim) shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you... Focus ↗
22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may... Focus ↗
23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life wit... Focus ↗
24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. Focus ↗
25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall... Focus ↗
26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahwe... Focus ↗
27 You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God (Elohim)’s altar; a... Focus ↗
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your ch... Focus ↗
29 When Yahweh your God (Elohim) cuts off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess th... Focus ↗
30 be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you;... Focus ↗
31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God (Elohim); for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, th... Focus ↗
32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away f... Focus ↗