Ulangan 17:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

"Apabila sesuatu perkara terlalu sukar bagimu untuk diputuskan, misalnya bunuh-membunuh, tuntut-menuntut, atau luka-melukai--perkara pendakwaan di dalam tempatmu--maka haruslah engkau pergi menghadap ke tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu;

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
"Apabila sesuatu perkara terlalu sukar bagimu untuk diputuskan, misalnya bunuh-membunuh, tuntut-menuntut, atau luka-melukai--perkara pendakwaan di dalam tempatmu--maka haruslah engkau pergi menghadap ke tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu;

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka jikalau terlalu sukar sulit bagimu barang sesuatu perkara dalam hukum dari hal bunuh-bunuhan atau hutang-hutangan atau luka-lukaan, dan karena sebab keputusan hukum itu adalah perselisihan dalam pintu gerbangmu, maka hendaklah kamu bangkit berdiri lalu pergi ke tempat yang akan dipilih oleh Tuhan, Allahmu.

Contextual Overview

⁸ If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, and the matters come to strife within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen, ⁹ And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement. ¹⁰ And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place (which the Lord had chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee: ¹¹ Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee, shalt thou do: and bowe not from that which they shewe thee, neither to the right hande nor to the left. ¹² And that man that wyll do presumptuously, and wyll not hearken vnto the priest (that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister) or vnto the iudge: that man shall dye, and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel. ¹³ And all the people shall heare, & feare, and shall do no more presumptuously.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arise: Deuteronomy 1:17, Exodus 18:26, 1 Kings 3:16-28, 2 Chronicles 19:8-10, Haggai 2:11, Malachi 2:7

between blood: Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 19:10, Deuteronomy 19:11, Exodus 21:12-14, Exodus 21:20, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 22:2, Numbers 35:11, Numbers 35:16, 19-34

get thee up: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 19:17, Psalms 122:4, Psalms 122:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:26 - conceal Exodus 18:16 - a matter Exodus 18:22 - great Leviticus 13:2 - he shall Numbers 27:2 - General Deuteronomy 12:11 - a place Deuteronomy 21:5 - by their word Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Judges 4:5 - came up 1 Samuel 2:25 - sin against 1 Chronicles 23:4 - officers and judges 2 Chronicles 19:10 - between blood Nehemiah 11:1 - the rulers Job 29:16 - the cause Ezekiel 44:24 - in controversy Zechariah 3:7 - judge Luke 20:9 - husbandmen John 7:51 - General Acts 19:38 - have

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
For all the lande whiche thou seest, wyll I geue vnto thee, and to thy seede for euer.

Genesis 13:17
Arise, and walke about in the lande, after the length of it, & after the breadth of it: for I wyll geue it vnto thee.

Genesis 17:7
Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee.

Genesis 17:16
And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe [a mother] of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.

Genesis 17:17
But Abraham fell vppon his face, and laughed, and sayde in his heart: shall a chylde be borne vnto hym that is an hundreth yere olde? And shall Sara that is ninetie yere olde beare?

Genesis 17:21
But my couenaunt wyl I make with Isahac whiche Sara shall beare vnto thee, euen this tyme twelue moneth.

Genesis 23:4
I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

Genesis 28:4
And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

Genesis 48:4
Beholde, I wyll make thee fruiteful, and cause thee to multiplie, and wyll make a great number of people of thee, and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession.

Exodus 6:7
And I will take you for my people, and wilbe to you a God: And ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God which bring you out from the burthens of the Egyptians.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment,.... This is spoken to inferior judges in cities in the country, who sometimes might have cases too wonderful and mysterious, as the word signifies, or secret and hidden, such as were out of their reach and beyond their capacity, and so be very difficult for them to determine what should be done:

between blood and blood; that is, whether a man is guilty of shedding innocent blood or not; when such a case is depending between a person charged with it and the relatives of the deceased, or between a man slayer and the avenger of blood, and the question is, whether he may have the benefit of a city of refuge or not, and there are some circumstances attending it which make it difficult how to determine:

between plea and plea; of the plaintiff on one side and of the defendant on the other, and both have so much to say in their own cause, that it is hard to decide which is in the right and which is in the wrong, whether in capital or pecuniary cases; it chiefly if not solely respects civil things in controversy:

and between stroke and stroke; blow or wound which one man received from another, and for which he commences a suit of law upon it, Exodus 21:18 or for assault and battery; and so Aben Ezra interprets it of blows and bruises; but the Jewish writers generally interpret it of the plague, or stroke of leprosy; so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; but the examination of such a case did not belong to the civil magistrate, but to a priest; nor was such a person had up to Jerusalem to be searched, but was shut up in a house until further evidence could be got; and, besides, the signs of the leprosy are so distinctly given, that at waiting a proper time, there was seldom or ever any difficulty about determining it:

[being] matter of controversy within thy gates; or what are matters of controversy about anything else; for the phrase is general, as Aben Ezra observes, and takes in everything in which anything difficult might occur; so Jarchi interprets it of things which the wise men of a city are divided about; one pronounces a person or thing unclean, another clean, one condemning and another justifying, and so far rightly; for this respects not controversies between men, that may be brought into courts of judicature, but controversies or divisions arising in these courts upon them, between the judges themselves, they not agreeing in their opinions:

then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; to Jerusalem, to the great sanhedrim or court of judicature, to which the inferior judges were to apply themselves, in matters of moment and difficulty, for instruction, information, and direction; it being supposed that in such a court such like cases may have been brought before them, and they were expert and understanding in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The cases in question are such as the inferior judges did not feel able to decide satisfactorily, and which accordingly they remitted to their superiors (compare Exodus 18:23-27).

The Supreme court Deuteronomy 17:9 is referred to in very general terms as sitting at the sanctuary Deuteronomy 17:8. “The judge” would no doubt usually be a layman, and thus the court would contain both an ecclesiastical and a civil element. Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 19:4-11 organized his judicial system very closely upon the lines here laid down.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 17:8. If there arise a matter too hard for thee — These directions are given to the common magistrates, who might not be able to judge of or apply the law in all cases that might be brought before them. The priests and Levites, who were lawyers by birth and continual practice, were reasonably considered as the best qualified to decide on difficult points.