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Deuteronomy 17:12
12The man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the kohen who stands to serve there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, that man must die. So you are to purge the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 17:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Anyone who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the Lord your God is to be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel.
Context of Deuteronomy 17:12
10You are to act according to the sentence they tell you from that place Adonai chooses, and take care to do all that they instruct you. 11You are to act according to the instruction they teach you and the judgment they tell you—you must not turn aside from the sentence they tell you, to the right or to the left. The man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the kohen who stands to serve there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, that man must die. So you are to purge the evil from Israel. 13Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not act presumptuously again. 14“When you come to the land that Adonai your God is giving you, possess it and dwell in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations around me,’
Read all of Deuteronomy 17Deuteronomy 17:12 word by word
וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה בְזָד֗וֹן לְבִלְתִּ֨י שְׁמֹ֤עַ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֙ הָעֹמֵ֞ד לְשָׁ֤רֶת שָׁם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ א֖וֹ אֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵ֑ט וּמֵת֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַה֔וּא וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- that will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- presumptuouslyזָדוֹןzâdôn · arroganceH2087
- and will not hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- unto the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- that standethעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- to ministerשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334
- there before the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- or unto the judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
- shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- and thou shalt put awayבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: purgeH1197
- the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- from Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 17:12
- Deuteronomy 13:5Adonai your God you will follow and Him you will fear. His mitzvot you will keep, to His voice you will listen, Him you will serve and to Him you will cling.
- Numbers 15:30“But the person who sins defiantly, whether native or outsider, reviles Adonai and that person is to be cut off from his people.
- Ezra 10:8Everyone who did not come within three days, would forfeit all his property according to the counsel of the officials and the elders, and would himself be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
- Psalms 19:13Who can discern his errors? Cleanse me of hidden faults.
- Hosea 4:4Yet let no one dispute and let no one argue. Your people are like a kohen who makes quarrels.
- Matthew 10:14And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you leave that house or that town, shake the dust off your feet.
- Hebrews 10:26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
- Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this day—these 23 years—the word of Adonai has come to me. So I have spoken to you, speaking early and often, but you have not listened.
- Deuteronomy 10:8At that time Adonai set the tribe of Levi apart to carry the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai, to stand before Adonai to serve Him and to pronounce blessings in His Name—as is the case to this day.
- Deuteronomy 18:5For Adonai your God has chosen him from all your tribes to stand and serve in the Name of Adonai—him and his sons forever.
- Luke 10:16The one who listens to you hears Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me, and the one who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
- John 12:48The one who rejects Me and doesn’t receive My words has a judge; the word I spoke will judge him on the last day.
- John 20:23If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; but if you hold back, they are held back.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Yeshua.
- Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
- Deuteronomy 17:7The hand of the witnesses is to be first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 17:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The man that will do presumptuously - The man who refused to abide by this final determination forfeited his life, as being then in a state of rebellion against the highest authority, and consequently the public could have no pledge for his conduct.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 The cases in question are such as the inferior judges did not feel able to decide satisfactorily, and which accordingly they remitted to their superiors (compare Exodus 18:23-27). The Supreme court Deuteronomy 17:9 is referred to in very general terms as sitting at the sanctuary Deuteronomy 17:8. “The judge” would no doubt usually be a layman, and thus the court would contain both an ecclesiastical and a civil element. Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage of a Divine promise.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12purge the evil: The harmful effects of evil should not remain in the community. If they are allowed to continue, they will spread and damage others. For this reason, evil had to be removed completely from among the people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-138-13. If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment--In all civil or criminal cases, where there was any doubt or difficulty in giving a decision, the local magistrates were to submit them by reference to the tribunal of the Sanhedrim--the supreme council, which was composed partly of civil and partly of ecclesiastical persons. "The priests and Levites," should rather be "the priests--the Levites"; that is, the Levitical priests, including the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 17
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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