Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
If there arise a matter too hard for thee - These directions are given to the common magistrates, who might not be able to judge of or apply the law in all cases that might be brought before them. The priests and Levites, who were lawyers by birth and continual practice, were reasonably considered as the best qualified to decide on difficult points.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Deuteronomy 17:8:
Exodus 28:15
John 7:51
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