deuteronomy states : if you are not able to make a decision as to who is responsible for a death , or who is right in a cause , or who gave the first blow in a fight , and there is a division of opinion about it in your town : then go to the place marked out by the yhvh ( yahweh ) your god ; 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 : and you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by yhvh , and do whatever they say ; 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 .