Deuteronomy 21:5

21:5 Then the Levitical priests ¹  will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, ²  and to decide ³  every judicial verdict ⁴ )

[21:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”

[21:5]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “by their mouth.”

[21:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”