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Deuteronomy 17:7-9
Common English Bible
Deuteronomy 17:7-9
Common English Bible
7 In the execution, the hands of the witnesses must be against the guilty person from the start; the hand of all the people will be involved at the end. Remove[a] such evil from your community!
Legal disputes
8 If some legal dispute in your cities is too difficult for you to decide—say, between different kinds of bloodshed, different kinds of legal ruling, or different kinds of injury—then take it to the location the Lord your God selects. 9 Go to the levitical priests and to the head judge in office at that time and look into things there. They will announce to you the correct ruling.
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- Deuteronomy 17:7 Or burn
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