11 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:11

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.