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Deuteronomy 21:5

World English Bible

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

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Deuteronomy 21:5 in other translations

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

Deuteronomy 21:5 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 21:5 in context

  1. 3It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.
  2. 4The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
  3. 5The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
  4. 6All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
  5. 7They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.