What happensPermalink
Moses gives laws for justice, for trials of idolatry, for local courts, for a central court co-located with the temple, and for kings.
Why it mattersPermalink
Putting the high court near the temple reminds us that God is just. Solomon breaks exactly these laws about kings. Jesus responds to the law about stoning with, “whoever is without sin, cast the first stone.”
Key versePermalink
“The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.”