Deuteronomy 17:8

“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 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;" - Deuteronomy 17:8
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What does Deuteronomy 17:8 mean?

Deuteronomy 17:8 (KJV) states, "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…

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Seeking Divine Guidance in Difficult Decisions

In Deuteronomy 17:8, we find a significant insight into the nature of judgment and the pursuit of justice, as encapsulated in these words: "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…

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A Prayer for Divine Guidance in Difficult Matters

O Sovereign Lord, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, I come before You with a humble heart, seeking Your divine wisdom and guidance as we navigate the complexities of life, as echoed in the words of Deuteronomy 17:8. “If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment…

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Deuteronomy 17:8 - "¶ 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;"
Deuteronomy 8:17 - "And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth."
"And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth." - Deuteronomy 8:17
Deuteronomy 5:17 - "Thou shalt not kill."
Deuteronomy 14:17 - "And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,"
deuteronomy 31 8
Deuteronomy 2:17 - "That the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 31:8
Deuteronomy 28:17 - "Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store."
Deuteronomy 8:8 - "A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;"
"Thou shalt not kill." - Deuteronomy 5:17
Deuteronomy 23:17 - "¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
Deuteronomy 17:13 - "And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously."
Deuteronomy 17:17 - "Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold."
Deuteronomy 4:17 - "The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,"
"And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant," - Deuteronomy 14:17
Deuteronomy 18:17 - "And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken."
Deuteronomy 27:17 - "Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen."
"That the LORD spake unto me, saying," - Deuteronomy 2:17
Deuteronomy 24:17 - "¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:"
Genesis 17:8
Deuteronomy 29:17 - "And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)"
Deuteronomy 23:8 - "The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation."
Luke 8:17
Deuteronomy 25:17 - "¶ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 27:8 - "And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly."
Deuteronomy 7:17 - "If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?"
Deuteronomy 17:4 - "And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:"
"Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store." - Deuteronomy 28:17