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The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses

Deuteronomy 19:17

In 11 translations

BSB
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
KJV
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
WEB
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
ASV
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
LSV
then both of the men who have the strife have stood before YHWH, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
YLT
then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
DBY
then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
DRC
Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.
GNV
Then both the men which striue together, shall stand before ye Lord, euen before the Priests and the Iudges, which shall be in those daies,
JPS
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.
LXXE
then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעָמְד֧וּ שְׁנֵֽי־הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם הָרִ֖יב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְי֖וּ בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃
LXX-Br
καὶ στήσονται οἱ δύο ἄνθρωποι οἷς ἐστιν αὐτοῖς ἡ ἀντιλογία, ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἔναντι τῶν ἱερέων, καὶ ἔναντι τῶν κριτῶν, οἳ ἂν ὦσιν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 17:9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
  • Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
  • Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
  • Matthew 23:2–3“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

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