Deuteronomy 17:12

17:12 The person who pays no attention ¹  to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 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 )

Deuteronomy 26:3

26:3 You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, “I declare today to the Lord your ⁶  God that I have come into the land that the Lord ⁷  promised ⁸  to our ancestors ⁹  to give us.”

Deuteronomy 31:9

The Deposit of the Covenant Text

31:9 Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all Israel’s elders.

[17:12]  ¹ tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).

[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.”

[26:3]  ³ tc For the MT reading “your God,” certain LXX mss have “my God,” a contextually superior rendition followed by some English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, TEV). Perhaps the text reflects dittography of the kaf (כ) at the end of the word with the following preposition כִּי (ki).

[26:3]  ⁴ tc The Syriac adds “your God” to complete the usual formula.

[26:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “swore on oath.”

[26:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 15).