Deuteronomy 17:11

according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do,—thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

In Context

10and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, out of that place, which Yahweh, shall choose,—yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee:

12And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:32So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you,—ye must not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 25:1When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

Joshua 1:7Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,—that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

2 Samuel 14:19Then said the king, Is, the hand of Joab, with thee, in all this? And the woman answered and said—By the life of thy soul, my lord, O king, there is no way to the right or to the left, of anything that my lord the king hath spoken, for, thy servant Joab himself, charged me, and, himself, put, in the mouth of thy maidservant, all these words:

Malachi 2:8But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance,— ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.

Titus 3:1Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,

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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