Deuteronomy 17:8-13

Bible Text

[8] If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose; [9] and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment. [10] You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you: [11] according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left. [12] The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel. [13] All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Egypt was the land from which the Lord delivered Israel, a defining act behind their covenant identity and obedience. Though not central to this legal procedure, Egypt’s mention in the wider context underscores that Israel’s judges and priests serve a redeemed people under God’s law.

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Deuteronomy 17:8-13 mentions Egypt.

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