Deuternomium 12:8

8 Ihr sollt der keins tun, das wir heute allhier tun, ein jeglicher, was ihn recht dünkt.

Deuternomium 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.

Deuternomium 12:8 In-Context

6 und eure Brandopfer und eure andern Opfer und eure Zehnten und eurer Hände Hebe und euer Gelübde und eure freiwilligen Opfer und die Erstgeburt eurer Rinder und Schafe dahin bringen.
7 Und sollt daselbst vor dem HERRN, eurem Gott, essen und fröhlich sein, ihr und euer Haus, über alles, was eure Hand vor sich bringt, darin dich der HERR, dein Gott, gesegnet hat.
8 Ihr sollt der keins tun, das wir heute allhier tun, ein jeglicher, was ihn recht dünkt.
9 Denn ihr seid bisher noch nicht zur Ruhe gekommen noch zu dem Erbteil, das dir der HERR, dein Gott, geben wird.
10 Ihr werdet aber über den Jordan gehen und in dem Lande wohnen, das euch der HERR, euer Gott, wird zum Erbe austeilen, und er wird euch Ruhe geben von allen euren Feinden um euch her, und ihr werdet sicher wohnen.
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