then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him for life.
Deuteronomy 19:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then both parties to the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. American Standard Version (1901) then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; Common English Bible the two persons who have a legal suit must stand before the LORD, before the priests, and before the judges that are in office at that time. Catholic Public Domain Version both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days. |
then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him for life.
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought before God, to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on the neighbor’s goods.
In a dispute they shall act as judges, and they shall decide it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
“You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.
where you shall consult with the Levitical priests and the judge who is in office in those days; they shall announce to you the decision in the case.
Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord, and by their decision all cases of dispute and assault shall be settled.
“Suppose two persons have a dispute and enter into litigation, and the judges decide between them, declaring one to be in the right and the other to be in the wrong.