Deuteronomy 17:8-10
Appeal to a Higher Court
17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, legal claim, or assault – matters of controversy in your villages – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
17:10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
Exodus 18:18
18:18 You will surely wear out,
both you and these people who are with you, for this is too
heavy a burden
for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.
Exodus 18:22
18:22 They will judge
the people under normal circumstances,
and every difficult case
they will bring to you, but every small case
they themselves will judge, so that
you may make it easier for yourself,
and they will bear the burden
with you.
Exodus 18:26
18:26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring
to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.