¶ 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;
If there arise a matter {H1697} too hard {H6381} for thee in judgment {H4941}, between blood {H1818} and blood {H1818}, between plea {H1779} and plea {H1779}, and between stroke {H5061} and stroke {H5061}, being matters {H1697} of controversy {H7379} within thy gates {H8179}: then shalt thou arise {H6965}, and get thee up {H5927} into the place {H4725} which the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} shall choose {H977};
"If a case comes before you at your city gate which is too difficult for you to judge, concerning bloodshed, civil suit, personal injury or any other controversial issue; you are to get up, go to the place which ADONAI your God will choose,
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.
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;
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Deuteronomy 12:5
¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: -
Haggai 2:11
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests [concerning] the law, saying, -
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it. -
1 Kings 3:16
¶ Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. -
1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment. -
Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. -
Deuteronomy 19:4
And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;