Deuteronomio 17:9

9 y preséntalos ante los sacerdotes levitas o el juez que esté de turno en esos días. Ellos oirán el caso y declararán el veredicto.

Deuteronomio 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.

Deuteronomio 17:9 In-Context

7 Los testigos deberán arrojar las primeras piedras, y luego se sumará el resto del pueblo. De esa manera, limpiarás la maldad que hay en medio de ti.

8 »Supongamos que a un juez local le llega un caso demasiado difícil de resolver; por ejemplo, si alguien es culpable de asesinato o de homicidio no premeditado, o bien podría ser una demanda complicada o un caso que involucra distintos tipos de agresión. Esos casos legales llévalos al lugar que el Señor
tu Dios elija

9 y preséntalos ante los sacerdotes levitas o el juez que esté de turno en esos días. Ellos oirán el caso y declararán el veredicto.

10 Tú deberás cumplir el veredicto que ellos anuncien y la sentencia que dicten en el lugar que el Señor
elija. Harás todo lo que ellos digan, al pie de la letra.

11 Después que hayan interpretado la ley y declarado el veredicto, tendrás que ejecutar la sentencia que impongan en su totalidad; no le hagas ninguna modificación.