²² The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.^(A)

¹⁷ the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges^(A) who are in office at the time.

²⁴ “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges^(A) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,^(B) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.^(C)

¹¹ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests^(A) what the law says: