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Then the Levitical priests[a] will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name,[b] and to decide[c] every judicial verdict[d]) ,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:5 tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:5 tn Heb “in the name of the Lord.” See note on Deut 10:8. The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  3. Deuteronomy 21:5 tn Heb “by their mouth.”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:5 tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”