Deu 12:21 | KingComments | STEP | We have here a repetition of the permission to eat meat that is not intended as a sacrifice ( ; ). A gazelle and a deer are not sacrificial animals. Some details are added, such as that the requirement remains in force even if there has been an extension of the land. The power of repetition is that it gives certainty to what has been said before ( ). Repetition is also of great significance for a learning process. God knows the strong tendency of the heart to deviate from Him and from the exclusive service due Him. Therefore, He does not get tired in His grace to point out the dangers on the one hand, and to accentuate what is appropriate for us on the other. Doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD ( ) – and not what is right in our own eyes, as in the time of the book of Judges: “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” ( ) – guarantees that things will go well for them and their children forever. It is about things that are good and right in the eyes of the Lord our God. We are His guests, not the other way around.

‏ Deuteronomy 12:21

Regulations for Eating Meat

We have here a repetition of the permission to eat meat that is not intended as a sacrifice (Deu 12:22; Deu 12:15-16). A gazelle and a deer are not sacrificial animals. Some details are added, such as that the requirement remains in force even if there has been an extension of the land.

The power of repetition is that it gives certainty to what has been said before (Phil 3:1). Repetition is also of great significance for a learning process. God knows the strong tendency of the heart to deviate from Him and from the exclusive service due Him. Therefore, He does not get tired in His grace to point out the dangers on the one hand, and to accentuate what is appropriate for us on the other.

Doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD (Deu 12:28) – and not what is right in our own eyes, as in the time of the book of Judges: “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Jdg 21:25) – guarantees that things will go well for them and their children forever. It is about things that are good and right in the eyes of the Lord our God. We are His guests, not the other way around.