Deuteronomy 17:8-13
Legacy Standard Bible
Judging Cases
8 “(A)If any case is too difficult for you to judge, between [a]one kind of homicide or another, between [b]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [c]one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your gates, then you shall arise and go up to (B)the place which Yahweh your God chooses. 9 So you shall come to (C)the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them, and they will declare to you the judgment in the case. 10 And you shall do according to the [d]terms of the judgment which they declare to you from that place which Yahweh chooses; and you shall be careful to do according to all that they teach you. 11 (D)According to the [e]terms of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the word which they declare to you, to the right or the left. 12 And the man who acts (E)presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to Yahweh your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid and will not act (F)presumptuously again.
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- Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit blood to blood
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit judgment to judgment
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit stroke to stroke
- Deuteronomy 17:10 Lit mouth
- Deuteronomy 17:11 Lit mouth
Deuteronomy 17:8-13
Lexham English Bible
8 “If a matter is too difficult for you,[a] for example disputes between blood and blood,[b] between legal claim and legal claim[c] and between assault and assault[d] and between matters of discernment in your towns,[e] then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose; 9 then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be in office in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you the verdict.[f]
10 “And you shall carry out exactly the decision[g] that they announced to you from that place that Yahweh will choose, and you shall diligently observe[h] according to all that they instruct you. 11 And so according to the instruction of the law[i] that they teach you and according to the decisions that they say to you, you shall do; you shall not turn from the word that they tell you to the right or to the left. 12 And the man who treats with contempt[j] so as not to listen to the priest who is standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people will hear and will be afraid, and they will not behave presumptuously again.
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- Deuteronomy 17:8 Literally “If is difficult/wonderful from you a thing for judgment”
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “between one homicide and another”
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “one kind of lawsuit and another”
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “one kind of abuse and another”
- Deuteronomy 17:8 Literally “gates”
- Deuteronomy 17:9 Literally “the word of the decision”
- Deuteronomy 17:10 Literally “and you shall do according to the mouth of the word”
- Deuteronomy 17:10 Literally “and you shall observe and do”
- Deuteronomy 17:11 Literally “mouth of the law”
- Deuteronomy 17:12 Or “acts presumptuously”
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