Deuteronomy 12:8
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You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

every man

Numbers 15:39 That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things,

Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

Amos 5:25 Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?

Acts 7:42 And God turned and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel?

Context
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7And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you. 8You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.9For until this present time you are not come to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:7
And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:9
For until this present time you are not come to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.

Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Lexicon
You are not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to do
תַעֲשׂ֔וּן (ṯa·‘ă·śūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

as
כְּ֠כֹל (kə·ḵōl)
Preposition | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

we
אֲנַ֧חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

are doing
עֹשִׂ֛ים (‘ō·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

here
פֹּ֖ה (pōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6311: This place, here

today,
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

[where] everyone
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

[does] what
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

seems right
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר (hay·yā·šār)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

in his own eyes.
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain


Additional Translations
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.

Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes:

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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