10 Then carry out their verdict at the place designated by God, your God. Do what they tell you, in exactly the way they tell you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:10

Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:8-13

(Read Deuteronomy 17:8-13)

Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage of a Divine promise.