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and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
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God's Court of Appeals
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a supreme court for Israel, designed to handle the most difficult legal cases. This court uniquely combined both religious and civil authority, consisting of "the priests the Levites" and "the judge." This structure ensured that judgments were grounded in God's law and practically applied to the nation's life.
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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
You shall come to the priests, the Levites The priests that are of the tribe of Levi, as the Targum of Jonathan, and…
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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…