17:10,11
The judges or priests were to make judgements not in their own interest, but based on the Law, i.e. in God’s interests. Even today, while we obviously live under the Law of God, judges should enact the law of the land, and it becomes very dangerous for society when we have “activist judges”. So if someone disobeyed the judgement, they were in reality disobeying God. There is another mention of the place that God would choose. They are also warned not to turn away to the right or left of the judgement. I.e. they were to simply stick to the decision.
17:12,13
Since showing contempt for the judgement (i.e. not following it) was showing contempt for God, and was to be put to death. The evil was to be purged from Israel. Disobeying God is evil and it is also destructive. That is why it should be treated with such seriousness. Today the church should take sin very seriously. The death penalty was also to serve as a warning.
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