Deuteronomy 17:9

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You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

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  • Ezek 44:24 : 24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.
  • Hag 2:11 : 11 “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,‘Ask the priests about the law.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
  • Deut 19:17-21 : 17 then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days. 18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, 19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you. 21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 17:10-12
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    10You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

    11You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.

    12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

  • Deut 17:7-8
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    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

    8Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

  • Deut 19:17-18
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    17then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

    18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

  • Deut 16:18-20
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    18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 1:16-18
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    16I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.

    17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

    18Instructions at Kadesh Barnea So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

  • 2 Chr 19:8-11
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    8In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.

    9He commanded them:“Carry out your duties with respect for the LORD, with honesty, and with pure motives.

    10Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you(whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues, but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

    11Take note, Amariah the chief priest will oversee you in every matter pertaining to the LORD and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in every matter pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Act courageously! And may the LORD be with those who do well!”

  • Deut 21:5
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    5Then the Levitical priests will approach(for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)

  • Exod 18:22-23
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    22They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.

    23If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”

  • Exod 18:19-20
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    19Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God;

    20warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

  • Exod 18:16
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    16When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.”

  • Exod 21:1
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    1The Decisions“These are the decisions that you will set before them:

  • Deut 26:3
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    3You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him,“I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD promised to our ancestors to give us.”

  • Ezra 7:25
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    25“Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

  • Deut 7:11-12
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    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

    12Promises of Good for Covenant Obedience If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the LORD your God will faithfully keep covenant with you as he promised your ancestors.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said concerning the words you have heard:

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

  • Deut 31:11
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    11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.

  • Deut 4:14
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    14Moreover, at that same time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

  • Neh 9:13
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    13“You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

  • Deut 6:18
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    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • Deut 18:6
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    6Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses

  • Deut 11:32
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    32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

  • Deut 21:2
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    2your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

  • Deut 4:30
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    30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him

  • Deut 13:14
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    14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

  • Deut 27:10
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    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

  • Deut 17:14
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  • Deut 6:1
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  • Deut 6:20
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  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

  • Lev 19:15
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  • Deut 5:31
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  • Num 27:21
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    21And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”

  • Deut 4:5
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    5Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.