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 )

Deuteronomy 21:16

21:16 In the day he divides his inheritance ⁵  he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other ⁶  wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.

[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.”

[21:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “when he causes his sons to inherit what is his.”

[21:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “the hated.”