Deuteronomio 12:8

8 »Ustedes no harán allí lo que ahora hacemos aquí, donde cada uno hace lo que mejor le parece,

Deuteronomio 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.

Deuteronomio 12:8 In-Context

6 Allí llevarán ustedes sus holocaustos, sacrificios, diezmos, contribuciones, promesas, ofrendas voluntarias, y los primogénitos de sus ganados y rebaños.

7 Allí, en la presencia del SEÑOR su Dios, ustedes y sus familias comerán y se regocijarán por los logros de su trabajo, porque el SEÑOR su Dios los habrá bendecido.

8 »Ustedes no harán allí lo que ahora hacemos aquí, donde cada uno hace lo que mejor le parece,

9 pues todavía no han entrado en el reposo ni en la herencia que les da el SEÑOR su Dios.

10 Pero ustedes cruzarán el río Jordán y vivirán en la tierra que el SEÑOR su Dios les da en herencia; él los librará de sus enemigos que los rodean, y ustedes vivirán seguros.