Deuteronomy 17:12

And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.

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In The King James Version

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

In Context

11Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

13And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:30But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.

Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

Deuteronomy 13:6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 18:7Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.

Joshua 1:18Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:9-14

The Authority of the Judges. ( b. c. 1451.) 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; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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