Cross references

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.

Deuteronomy 17:8 BSB

Deuteronomy 17:8 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 12:5 (5 votes) and Haggai 2:11 (4 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 37 to Hebrews 10.

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Which verses does Deuteronomy 17:8 point to?

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  1. Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

  2. “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.

  3. Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

  4. And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

  5. Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. …

  6. If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  7. If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

  8. If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

  9. If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

  10. designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

  11. both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.

  12. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Which verses point to Deuteronomy 17:8?

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