(A)If a case is too difficult for you to decide, between [a]one kind of homicide or another, between [b]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [c]one kind of assault or another, that are cases of dispute in your [d]courts, then you shall arise and go up to (B)the place which the Lord your God chooses.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit blood to blood
  2. Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit lawsuit to lawsuit
  3. Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit blow to blow
  4. Deuteronomy 17:8 Lit gates

Law Courts

If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge(A)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults(B)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.(C)

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In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some (A)of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and [a]to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 19:8 As in ancient versions; MT for the dispute. And they returned to Jerusalem; or And they lived in Jerusalem

In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites,(A) priests(B) and heads of Israelite families to administer(C) the law of the Lord and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

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29 So I will establish his [a](A)descendants forever,
And his (B)throne (C)as the days of heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:29 Lit seed

29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

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