Deuteronômio 17:9

9 e procurem os sacerdotes levitas e o juiz que estiver exercendo o cargo na ocasião. Apresentem-lhes o caso, e eles darão a vocês o veredicto.

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 As mãos das testemunhas serão as primeiras a proceder à sua execução, e depois as mãos de todo o povo. Eliminem o mal do meio de vocês.

8 “Se para os seus tribunais vierem casos difíceis demais de julgar, sejam crimes de sangue, litígios ou agressões, dirijam-se ao local escolhido pelo SENHOR, o seu Deus,

9 e procurem os sacerdotes levitas e o juiz que estiver exercendo o cargo na ocasião. Apresentem-lhes o caso, e eles darão a vocês o veredicto.

10 Procedam de acordo com a decisão que eles proclamarem no local que o SENHOR escolher. Tratem de fazer tudo o que eles ordenarem.

11 Procedam de acordo com a sentença e as orientações que eles derem a vocês. Não se desviem daquilo que eles determinarem para vocês, nem para a direita, nem para a esquerda.