Deuteronomy 17:8

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
World English Bible (WEB)
If there arise a matter{H1697} too hard{H6381}{(H8735)} for thee in judgment{H4941}, between blood{H1818} and blood{H1818}, between plea{H1779} and plea{H1779}, and between stroke{H5061} and stroke{H5061}, being matters{H1697} of controversy{H7379} within thy gates{H8179}: then shalt thou arise{H6965}{(H8804)}, and get thee up{H5927}{(H8804)} into the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)};
Strong's King James
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The F.O.G Paraphrase
‘When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within thy gates—then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
Young's Literal Translation

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