9 Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.
9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
9 And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and they shall declare to you the decision.
9 Bring them to the Levitical priests and the judge who is in office at the time. Consult them and they will hand down the decision for you.
9 And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment.
9 and present them to the Levitical priests or the judge on duty at that time. They will hear the case and declare the verdict.
17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
17 then both parties involved in the quarrel must stand in the Presence of God before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
17 then both the accuser and accused must appear before the Lord by coming to the priests and judges in office at that time.
(Read Deuteronomy 19:15-21)
Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them in Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:9
Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:8-13
(Read Deuteronomy 17:8-13)
Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage of a Divine promise.