Deuteronomy 17:8-9
King James Version
8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;
9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
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Deuteronomy 17:8-9
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8 (A)“If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, or between one punishment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the (B)place which the Lord your God chooses. 9 And (C)you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and (D)to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; (E)they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment.
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Deuteronomy 19:17
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17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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Deuteronomy 19:17
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17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, (A)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
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Deuteronomy 21:5
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5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
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Deuteronomy 21:5
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5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for (A)the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; (B)by their word every controversy and every [a]assault shall be settled.
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- Deuteronomy 21:5 Lit. stroke
1 Chronicles 23:4
King James Version
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
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1 Chronicles 23:4
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4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to (A)look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were (B)officers and judges,
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