⁹ Go to the Levitical^(A) priests and to the judge^(B) who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.^{(C) 10} You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do. ¹¹ Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.^(D)

²³ They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common^(A) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.^(B)

¹¹ and so you can teach^(A) the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.^(B)”