8If 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.
9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
10You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
— Deuteronomy 17:8-10