NET Bible
"You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you."
— Deuteronomy 17:11, NET Bible
“According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.”
“according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. ”
“according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.”
“According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand.”
“Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.”
“According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.”
Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.
You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again.
Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”