Deuteronomy 17:9
Context17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
Deuteronomy 17:11-12
Context17:11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you. 17:12 The person who pays no attention 1 to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 21:5
Context21:5 Then the Levitical priests 2 will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, 3 and to decide 4 every judicial verdict 5 )
1 tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).
2 tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”
3 tn Heb “in the name of the
4 tn Heb “by their mouth.”
5 tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”