Deuteronomy 17:8
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;
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. Defective animals are prohibited for sacrifice; those who worship the sun, moon, or stars are to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. The priest and the judge at the central sanctuary handle difficult cases; their verdict …
Other Translations
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 unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;
`When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke--matters of strife within thy gates--then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;
Cross References
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the …
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the …
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for …
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and …
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief …
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he …
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine …
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.