Deuteronomy 17:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘If a case is too difficult for you #– #concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults #– #cases disputed at your city gates, then go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment–between one kind of bloodshed and another, between one legality and another, between one kind of assault and another, matters of controversy within your towns–then arise and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. American Standard Version (1901) If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose; Common English Bible If some legal dispute in your cities is too difficult for you to decide—say, between different kinds of bloodshed, different kinds of legal ruling, or different kinds of injury—then take it to the location the LORD your God selects. Catholic Public Domain Version If you have perceived that there is among you a difficult and doubtful matter of judgment, between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy, and if you will have seen that the words of the judges within your gates vary: rise up and ascend to the place which the Lord your God will choose. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose. |
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked, ‘What city are you from? ’ If he replied, ‘Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,’
From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had duties outside the temple , as officers and judges over Israel.
Moses replied to his father-in-law, ‘Because the people come to me to enquire of God.
They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.
‘When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.
‘When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment.
‘When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its meat may not be eaten, but the ox’s owner is innocent.
If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbour’s property.
‘In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to my ordinances. They are to observe my laws and statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and keep my Sabbaths holy.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
‘If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.
Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgement belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
then the Lord your God will choose the place to have his name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.
You must offer your burnt offerings only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribes, and there you must do everything I command you.
Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.
the two people in the dispute are to stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.
‘Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbour accidentally without previously hating him:
Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and pronounce blessings in his name, and they are to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
‘If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.