Deuteronômio 12:8

8 Não fareis conforme tudo o que hoje fazemos aqui, cada qual tudo o que bem lhe parece aos olhos.

Deuteronômio 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 12:8

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here
In the wilderness, where they had no abiding, but were continually removing from place to place, and could not always observe punctually and precisely the exact order and time of their sacrifices and other things, nor offer them at any certain place, and many were doubtless neglected by them; see ( Amos 5:25 )

every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
that did he, brought the above things when and where he pleased; not that there was no regard had to the laws and rules given, as if there was no priest in Israel; but they were not so exactly in all circumstances conformed to as they would be obliged to when they came into the land of Canaan, and had a certain place to bring their offerings to; so some in Aben Ezra observe, that one would give the firstling, another not, because it depended on the land, or was what they were obliged to only when they came into the land of Canaan; see ( Exodus 13:11 ) but he thinks the sense is, that they did not all fear God, and so did not do their duty.

Deuteronômio 12:8 In-Context

6 A esse lugar trareis os vossos holocaustos e sacrifícios, e os vossos dízimos e a oferta alçada da vossa mão, e os vossos votos e ofertas voluntárias, e os primogênitos das vossas vacas e ovelhas;

7 e ali comereis perante o Senhor vosso Deus, e vos alegrareis, vós e as vossas casas, em tudo em que puserdes a vossa mão, no que o Senhor vosso Deus vos tiver abençoado.

8 Não fareis conforme tudo o que hoje fazemos aqui, cada qual tudo o que bem lhe parece aos olhos.

9 Porque até agora não entrastes no descanso e na herança que o Senhor vosso Deus vos dá;

10 mas quando passardes o Jordão, e habitardes na terra que o senhor vosso Deus vos faz herdar, ele vos dará repouso de todos os vossos inimigos em redor, e morareis seguros.