Deu 17:8 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

‏ Deuteronomy 17:8

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8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge—bloodshed, ^{▼▼tn Heb “between blood and blood.”} legal claim, ^{▼▼tn Heb “between claim and claim.”} or assault ^{▼▼tn Heb “between blow and blow.”} —matters of controversy in your villages ^{▼▼tn Heb “gates.”} —you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ^{▼▼tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.}