Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be [in office] in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you {the verdict}.
New American Standard Bible
So you shall come to
King James Version
And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
Holman Bible
You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
International Standard Version
Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,
A Conservative Version
And thou shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and thou shall inquire. And they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.
American Standard Version
and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.
Amplified
So you shall come to the Levitical priests or to the judge who is in office at that time, and you shall consult them and they will declare to you the
Bible in Basic English
And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
Darby Translation
And thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment;
Julia Smith Translation
And thou didst go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge which shall be in those days, and seek out; and they shall announce to thee the word of judgment
King James 2000
And you shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment:
Modern King James verseion
And you shall come to the priests of the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and ask. And they shall declare to you the sentence of judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and go unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and ask, and they shall show thee how to judge.
NET Bible
You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days, - and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment;
Webster
And thou shalt come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,
Themes
Assault and battery » Laws concerning
Court » Superior, and inferior
Court » Sentence of, final and obligatory
Courts » Other courts » Inferior
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Sentence of, final
Courts of justice » Superior court » Decided on all appeals and difficult cases
Courts of justice » Superior court » Consisted subsequently of priests and levites
Judge » Priests and levites as
the Law of moses » Divided into » Civil, relating to administration of justice
the Levites » Services of » Judging and deciding in controversies
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Judicial
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 17:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
8 "{If a matter is too difficult for you}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose; 9 then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be [in office] in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you {the verdict}. 10 "And {you shall carry out exactly the decision} that they announced to you from that place that Yahweh will choose, and {you shall diligently observe} according to all that they instruct you.
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Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 44:24
And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing my judgments they shall judge it, and [with respect to] my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, "Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from [the] priest, nor advice from [the] wise man, nor [the] word from [the] prophet. Come and {let us bring charges against him}, and let us not listen attentively to any of his words."
Haggai 2:11
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Ask now the priests [for] a ruling:
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of [the] priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction from his mouth, for he [is] the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
Deuteronomy 19:17-21
then the two men {to whom the legal dispute pertains} shall stand {before} Yahweh, {before} the priests and the judges who are [in office] in those days.