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.

biblegateway Deu 19:17

then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

the two people in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and judges in authority at the time.

The two people involved must stand in the LORD’S presence, in front of the priests and judges who are serving at that time.

biblegateway Deu 19:17

the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.

bibleoremus Deu 19:17

then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days,

the two parties to the dispute must appear in the presence of the LORD, before the priests or the judges then in office;

biblegateway Deu 19:17

"then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.

Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

biblegateway Deu 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.

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).