unto the priests the Levites See on Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 18:1. The omission of these words by LXX B is due to careless copying, and in no way supports Steuernagel's analysis of the text into two laws (see introd. note).

unto the judge that shall be in those days That is of course either the King, as in 2 Samuel 14:3; 2 Samuel 15:2 ff., 1 Kings 3:16 ff., or some official or officials appointed by him, 2 Samuel 15:3, and Jeremiah 26, according to which Jeremiah was tried, on the complaint of the priests, by the sarim, lay officersor princes, under the King. The plur. is thus used in Deuteronomy 19:17: the priests and the judges which shall be in those days.

inquire darashas in Deuteronomy 13:14, q.v.

shew Heb. declare to or announce to.

sentence Heb. word.

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