¹⁷ Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

⁹ And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

⁵ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

⁷ For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

² The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;

³ All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.