Verse 8
If there arise a matter{H1697} too hard{H6381} for thee in judgment,{H4941} between blood{H1818} and blood,{H1818} between plea{H1779} and plea,{H1779} and between stroke{H5061} and stroke,{H5061} being matters{H1697} of controversy{H7379} within thy gates;{H8179} then shalt thou arise,{H6965} and get thee up{H5927} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose;{H977}
Referenced Verses
- Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} shall choose{H977} out of all your tribes,{H7626} to put{H7760} his name{H8034} there, even unto his habitation{H7933} shall ye seek,{H1875} and thither thou shalt come;{H935}
- Hag 2:11 : 11 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} Ask{H7592} now the priests{H3548} concerning the law,{H8451} saying,{H559}
- Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's{H3548} lips{H8193} should keep{H8104} knowledge,{H1847} and they should seek{H1245} the law{H8451} at his mouth;{H6310} for he is the messenger{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Deut 19:4 : 4 And this is the case{H1697} of the manslayer,{H7523} that shall flee{H5127} thither and live:{H2425} whoso killeth{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past;{H8032}
- Deut 19:10-11 : 10 that innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210} in{H7130} the midst of thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} and so blood{H1818} be upon thee. 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130} his neighbor,{H7453} and lie in wait{H693} for him, and rise up{H6965} against him, and smite{H5221} him mortally{H5315} so that he dieth,{H4191} and he flee{H5127} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities;{H5892}
- Deut 19:17 : 17 then both{H8147} the men,{H582} between whom the controversy{H7379} is, shall stand{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} before{H6440} the priests{H3548} and the judges{H8199} that shall be in those days;{H3117}
- 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then there came{H935} two{H8147} women{H802} that were harlots,{H2181} unto the king,{H4428} and stood{H5975} before{H6440} him. 17 And the one{H259} woman{H802} said,{H559} Oh,{H994} my lord,{H113} I and this woman{H802} dwell{H3427} in one{H259} house;{H1004} and I was delivered of a child{H3205} with her in the house.{H1004} 18 And it came to pass the third{H7992} day{H3117} after I was delivered,{H3205} that this woman{H802} was delivered{H3205} also; and we were together;{H3162} there was no stranger{H2114} with us in the house,{H1004} save{H2108} we two{H8147} in the house.{H1004} 19 And this woman's{H802} child{H1121} died{H4191} in the night,{H3915} because she lay{H7901} upon it. 20 And she arose{H6965} at midnight,{H8432} and took{H3947} my son{H1121} from beside{H681} me, while thy handmaid{H519} slept,{H3463} and laid{H7901} it in her bosom,{H2436} and laid{H7901} her dead{H4191} child{H1121} in my bosom.{H2436} 21 And when I rose{H6965} in the morning{H1242} to give my child{H1121} suck,{H3243} behold, it was dead;{H4191} but when I had looked{H995} at it in the morning,{H1242} behold, it was not my son,{H1121} whom I did bear.{H3205} 22 And the other{H312} woman{H802} said,{H559} Nay; but the living{H2416} is my son,{H1121} and the dead{H4191} is thy son.{H1121} And this said,{H559} No; but the dead{H4191} is thy son,{H1121} and the living{H2416} is my son.{H1121} Thus they spake{H1696} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 23 Then said{H559} the king,{H4428} The one{H2063} saith,{H559} This is my son{H1121} that liveth,{H2416} and thy son{H1121} is the dead:{H4191} and the other{H2063} saith,{H559} Nay; but thy son{H1121} is the dead,{H4191} and my son{H1121} is the living.{H2416} 24 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Fetch{H3947} me a sword.{H2719} And they brought{H935} a sword{H2719} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 25 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Divide{H1504} the living{H2416} child{H3206} in two,{H8147} and give{H5414} half{H2677} to the one,{H259} and half{H2677} to the other.{H259} 26 Then spake{H559} the woman{H802} whose the living{H2416} child{H1121} was unto the king,{H4428} for her heart{H7356} yearned{H3648} over her son,{H1121} and she said,{H559} Oh,{H994} my lord,{H113} give{H5414} her the living{H2416} child,{H3205} and in no wise{H4191} slay{H4191} it. But the other said,{H559} It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide{H1504} it. 27 Then the king{H4428} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Give{H5414} her the living{H2416} child,{H3205} and in no wise{H4191} slay{H4191} it: she is the mother{H517} thereof. 28 And all Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} of the judgment{H4941} which the king{H4428} had judged;{H8199} and they feared{H3372} the king:{H6440} for they saw{H7200} that the wisdom{H2451} of God{H430} was in him,{H7130} to do{H6213} justice.{H4941}
- 2 Chr 19:8-9 : 8 Moreover in Jerusalem{H3389} did Jehoshaphat{H3092} set{H5975} of the Levites{H3881} and the priests,{H3548} and of the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Israel,{H3478} for the judgment{H4941} of Jehovah,{H3068} and for controversies.{H7379} And they returned{H7725} to Jerusalem.{H3389} 9 And he charged{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Thus shall ye do{H6213} in the fear{H3374} of Jehovah,{H3068} faithfully,{H530} and with a perfect{H8003} heart.{H3824} 10 And whensoever any controversy shall come{H935} to you from your brethren{H251} that dwell{H3427} in their cities,{H5892} between blood{H1818} and blood,{H1818} between law{H8451} and commandment,{H4687} statutes{H2706} and ordinances,{H4941} ye shall warn{H2094} them, that they be not guilty{H816} towards Jehovah,{H3068} and so wrath{H7110} come upon you and upon your brethren:{H251} this{H3541} do,{H6213} and ye shall not be guilty.{H816}
- Ps 122:4-5 : 4 Whither{H8033} the tribes{H7626} go up,{H5927} even the tribes{H7626} of Jehovah,{H3050} [For] an ordinance{H5715} for Israel,{H3478} To give thanks{H3034} unto the name{H8034} of Jehovah.{H3068} 5 For there are set{H3427} thrones{H3678} for judgment,{H4941} The thrones{H3678} of the house{H1004} of David.{H1732}
- Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged{H8199} the people{H5971} at all seasons:{H6256} the hard{H7186} causes{H1697} they brought{H935} unto Moses,{H4872} but every small{H6996} matter{H1697} they judged{H8199} themselves.
- Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He that smiteth{H5221} a man,{H376} so that he dieth,{H4191} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 13 And if a man lie not in wait,{H6658} but God{H430} deliver{H579} [him] into his hand;{H3027} then I will appoint{H7760} thee a place{H4725} whither he shall flee.{H5127} 14 And if a man{H376} come presumptuously{H2102} upon his neighbor,{H7453} to slay{H2026} him with guile;{H6195} thou shalt take{H3947} him from mine altar,{H4196} that he may die.{H4191}
- Exod 21:20 : 20 And if a man{H376} smite{H5221} his servant,{H5650} or his maid,{H519} with a rod,{H7626} and he die{H4191} under his hand;{H3027} he shall surely{H5358} be punished.{H5358}
- Exod 21:22 : 22 And if men{H582} strive{H5327} together, and hurt{H5062} a woman{H802} with child,{H2030} so that her fruit{H3206} depart,{H3318} and yet no harm follow;{H611} he shall be surely{H6064} fined,{H6064} according as the woman's{H802} husband{H1167} shall lay{H7896} upon him; and he shall pay{H5414} as the judges{H6414} determine.
- Exod 21:28 : 28 And if an ox{H7794} gore{H5055} a man{H376} or a woman{H802} to death, the ox{H7794} shall be surely{H5619} stoned,{H5619} and its flesh{H1320} shall not be eaten;{H398} but the owner{H1167} of the ox{H7794} shall be quit.{H5355}
- Exod 22:2 : 2 If the thief{H1590} be found{H4672} breaking in,{H4290} and be smitten{H5221} so that he dieth,{H4191} there shall be no bloodguiltiness{H1818} for him.
- Num 35:11 : 11 then ye shall appoint{H7136} you cities{H5892} to be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733} for you, that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither.
- Num 35:16 : 16 But if he smote{H5221} him with an instrument{H3627} of iron,{H1270} so that he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}
- Num 35:19-34 : 19 The avenger of blood{H1818} shall himself put the murderer{H7523} to death:{H4191} when he{H1931} meeteth{H6293} him, he{H1931} shall put him to death.{H4191} 20 And if he thrust{H1920} him of hatred,{H8135} or hurled{H7993} at him, lying in wait,{H6660} so that he died,{H4191} 21 or in enmity{H342} smote{H5221} him with his hand,{H3027} so that he died;{H4191} he that smote{H5221} him shall surely{H4191} be put to death;{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} shall put the murderer{H7523} to death,{H4191} when he meeteth{H6293} him. 22 But if he thrust{H1920} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity,{H342} or hurled{H7993} upon him anything{H3627} without lying in wait,{H6660} 23 or with any stone,{H68} whereby a man may die,{H4191} seeing{H7200} him not,{H3808} and cast{H5307} it upon him, so that he died,{H4191} and he was not his enemy,{H341} neither sought{H1245} his harm;{H7451} 24 then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199} between the smiter{H5221} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} according to these ordinances;{H4941} 25 and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081} 26 But if the manslayer{H7523} shall at any time{H3318} go{H3318} beyond the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he fleeth,{H5127} 27 and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} find{H4672} him without{H2351} the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} slay{H7523} the manslayer;{H7523} he shall not be guilty of blood,{H1818} 28 because he should have remained{H3427} in his city{H5892} of refuge{H4733} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest:{H3548} but after{H310} the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} the manslayer{H7523} shall return{H7725} into the land{H776} of his possession.{H272} 29 And these things shall be for a statute{H2708} [and] ordinance{H4941} unto you throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings.{H4186} 30 Whoso killeth{H5221} any person,{H5315} the murderer{H7523} shall be slain{H7523} at the mouth{H6310} of witnesses:{H5707} but one{H259} witness{H5707} shall not testify{H6030} against any person{H5315} that he die.{H4191} 31 Moreover ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for the life{H5315} of a murderer,{H7523} that is guilty{H7563} of death;{H4191} but he shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191} 32 And ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127} to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} that he may come again{H7725} to dwell{H3427} in the land,{H776} until the death{H4194} of the priest.{H3548} 33 So ye shall not pollute{H2610} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood,{H1818} it polluteth{H2610} the land;{H776} and no expiation{H3722} can be made for the land{H776} for the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210} it. 34 And thou shalt not defile{H2930} the land{H776} which ye inhabit,{H3427} in the midst of which{H8432} I dwell:{H7931} for I, Jehovah,{H3068} dwell{H7931} in{H8432} the midst of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
- Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect{H5234} persons{H6440} in judgment;{H4941} ye shall hear{H8085} the small{H6996} and the great{H1419} alike; ye shall not be afraid{H1481} of the face{H6440} of man;{H376} for the judgment{H4941} is God's:{H430} and the cause{H1697} that is too hard{H7185} for you ye shall bring{H7126} unto me, and I will hear{H8085} it.