Deuteronomy 17:8 meaning and explanation
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
Deuteronomy 17:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is instructing Israel on how justice should work once they settle in the land. Local elders at the town gate handled ordinary disputes, but some cases were too hard for them, whether involving bloodshed, legal claims, or bodily injury.
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