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Deuteronomy 17:8

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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ASV

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 unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

KJV

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;

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiifH3588
יִפָּלֵא֩yi.pa.Le'it will be [too] difficultH6381
מִמְּךָ֨mi.me.Khafor youH4480
דָבָ֜רda.Vara matterH1697
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗טla.mish.Patfor <the> judgmentH4941
בֵּֽין־bein-betweenH996
דָּ֨ם׀dambloodH1818
לְדָ֜םle.Damand bloodH1818
בֵּֽין־bein-betweenH996
דִּ֣יןdindisputeH1779
לְדִ֗יןle.Dinand disputeH1779
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
נֶ֙גַע֙ne.ga'woundH5061
לָנֶ֔גַעla.Ne.ga'and woundH5061
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Reimatters ofH1697
רִיבֹ֖תri.Votcases at lawH7379
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָbish.'a.Rei.khain gates yourH8179
וְקַמְתָּ֣ve.kam.Taand you will ariseH6965
וְעָלִ֔יתָve.'a.Li.taand you will go upH5927
אֶל־'el-toH413
הַמָּק֔וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
יִבְחַ֛רyiv.Charhe will chooseH977
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
בּֽוֹ׃bo<in> <the> it

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain