Deuteronomium 12:8

8 Gij zult niet doen naar alles, wat wij hier heden doen, een ieder al wat in zijn ogen recht is.

Deuteronomium 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.

Deuteronomium 12:8 In-Context

6 En daarheen zult gijlieden brengen uw brandofferen, en uw slachtofferen, en uw tienden, en het hefoffer uwer hand, en uw geloften, en uw vrijwillige offeren, en de eerstgeboorten uwer runderen en uwer schapen.

7 En aldaar zult gijlieden voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, uws Gods, eten en vrolijk zijn, gijlieden en uw huizen, over alles, waaraan gij uw hand geslagen hebt, waarin u de HEERE, uw God, gezegend heeft.

8 Gij zult niet doen naar alles, wat wij hier heden doen, een ieder al wat in zijn ogen recht is.

9 Want gij zijt tot nu toe niet gekomen in de rust en in de erfenis, die de HEERE, uw God, u geven zal.

10 Maar gij zult over de Jordaan gaan, en wonen in het land, dat u de HEERE, uw God, zal doen erven; en Hij zal u rust geven van al uw vijanden rondom, en gij zult zeker wonen.