Deuteronomy 17:8
Context| NETBible | If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, 1 legal claim, 2 or assault 3 – matters of controversy in your villages 4 – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. 5 |
| XREF | Ex 18:26; Ex 21:12-14,20,22,28; Ex 22:2; Nu 35:11,16,19-34; De 1:17; De 12:5; De 19:4,10,11; De 19:17; 1Ki 3:16-28; 2Ch 19:8-10; Ps 122:4,5; Hag 2:11; Mal 2:7 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “between blood and blood.” 2 tn Heb “between claim and claim.” 3 tn Heb “between blow and blow.” 4 tn Heb “gates.” 5 tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind. |
