Deuteronomy 17:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The cases in question were those that the lower judges felt unable to decide satisfactorily, and so they referred them to their superiors .

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Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Deuteronomy 17:8–20. THE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL OF THE WRITTEN LAW OF GOD.

If there arise a matter too…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

He pronounces a similar punishment on those who stubbornly reject the judgment of the priests. We have already seen that the prophetic office was u…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Ver. 12 And the man that will do presumptuously
The judge of the country court that makes his application to that at…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment did not have the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wi…

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