then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants – great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

“This commandment I am giving ¹  you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹  legal claim, ²  or assault ³  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁴  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁵