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Deuteronomy 12:8

Deuteronomy 12:8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Moses points out that heretofore they had not observed the prescribed order in their worship, because during their migratory life in the wilderness it had been impossible to do so. During their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:5-32

There is not any one particular precept (as I remember) in all the law of Moses so largely pressed and inculcated as this, by which they are all tied to bring their sacrifices to that one altar which…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 12:8-12

Second Statement of the Law of the Single Sanctuary

With a different preface from the first, contrasting Israel's duty after settlement to concentrate on the one altar, not with the practice of the…

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