Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 17:9 : 9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
• Deut 21:5 : 5 Then 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)
• 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.
• Matt 23:2-3 : 2 “The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.