Ulangan 19:17

19:17 then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges ¹  who will be in office in those days.

Ulangan 21:5

21:5 Then the Levitical priests ²  will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, ³  and to decide ⁴  every judicial verdict ⁵ )

[19:17]  ¹ tn The appositional construction (“before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges”) indicates that these human agents represented the Lord himself, that is, they stood in his place (cf. Deut 16:18-20; 17:8-9).

[21:5]  ² tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”

[21:5]  ³ tn Heb “in the name of the Lord.” See note on Deut 10:8. The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[21:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “by their mouth.”

[21:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”