Deuteronômio 17:9

9 virás aos levitas sacerdotes, e ao juiz que houver nesses dias, e inquirirás; e eles te anunciarão a sentença da juízo.

Deuteronômio 17:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 17:9

Thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites
The priests that are of the tribe of Levi, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi; for Aben Ezra says there are priests that are not of the genealogy of Levi; such there were indeed in Jeroboam's time, ( 1 Kings 12:31 ) ( 13:33 ) . Maimonides ^F6 observes, that it is ordered that there should be in the great sanhedrim priests and Levites, as it is said: "and thou shalt come unto the priests, and the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire"; judge is here put for judges, of which the great court consisted, being priests, Levites, and Israelites; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 16:18), though others think that only a single person is meant, such as Othniel, Ehud, Gideon, Samson but then as there was not always such an one in being, I should rather think that the judge here, if a single person, is the president or prince of the great sanhedrim, who succeeded Moses, and sat in his place; and of him and his court, the priests, and Levites and Israelites that composed it, inquiry was to be made:

and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment;
give their judgment in the difficult case proposed, and declare what is right to be done, and what sentence is to be pronounced.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 2. sect. 2.

Deuteronômio 17:9 In-Context

7 A mão das testemunhas será a primeira contra ele, para matá-lo, e depois a mão de todo o povo; assim exterminarás o mal do meio de ti.

8 Se alguma causa te for difícil demais em juizo, entre sangue e sangue, entre demanda e demanda, entre ferida e ferida, tornando-se motivo de controvérsia nas tuas portas, então te levantarás e subirás ao lugar que o Senhor teu Deus escolher;

9 virás aos levitas sacerdotes, e ao juiz que houver nesses dias, e inquirirás; e eles te anunciarão a sentença da juízo.

10 Depois cumprirás fielmente a sentença que te anunciarem no lugar que o Senhor escolher; e terás cuidado de fazer conforme tudo o que te ensinarem.

11 Conforme o teor da lei que te ensinarem, e conforme o juízo que pronunciarem, farás da palavra que te disserem não te desviarás, nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.