“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;”
If a case arises that is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of bloodguilt and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of injury and another — such disputed cases at the local level — you shall immediately go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose — the escalation of difficult cases to the central sanctuary establishes a hierarchy of judicial authority, with the high priest and Levitical judges serving as the ultimate interpretive authority.
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