English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 19:17
17then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
Deuteronomy 19:17 in other versions
- King James Version (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;
- New International Version (NIV)the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
- New Living Translation (NLT)then both the accuser and accused must appear before the Lord by coming to the priests and judges in office at that time.
Context of Deuteronomy 19:17
15"A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. 16If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:17 word by word
וְעָמְד֧וּ שְׁנֵֽי־הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם הָרִ֖יב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְי֖וּ בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- between whom the controversyרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- and the judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
- which shall be in those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:17
- Deuteronomy 17:9And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and they shall declare to you the decision.
- Deuteronomy 21:5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.
- Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- Matthew 23:2"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Both the men, between whom the controversy is - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God‘s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on Ex 21:23; see also Le 24:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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