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according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
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Interpreters, Not Inventors
Commentators emphasize that the authority of the priests and judges was not to create new laws, but to interpret and apply God's existing written Law. Their role was to 'teach' and 'show' what the Scriptures required. This establishes the supremacy of the written Word over human authorities, a principle that extends to the Church's role as a 'witness and keeper of Holy Writ.'
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The cases in question were those that the lower judges felt unable to decide satisfactorily, and so they referred them to their superiors ().
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 17:8–20. THE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL OF THE WRITTEN LAW OF GOD.
If there arise a matter too…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee For they were not to make any new law, but to …
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