Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you(whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues, but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.
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11Take note, Amariah the chief priest will oversee you in every matter pertaining to the LORD and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in every matter pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Act courageously! And may the LORD be with those who do well!”
6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
7Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
8In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.
9He commanded them:“Carry out your duties with respect for the LORD, with honesty, and with pure motives.
16I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.
17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.
8Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.
9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
10You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
11You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
17then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.
18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.
10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.
15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.
17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
5You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.
11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
12Punishment of Community Idolatry Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that
16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.
20warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.
11Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the LORD is very angry at you!”
29So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.
8Respect for Human Dignity Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.
11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.
10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
13You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
5Then the Levitical priests will approach(for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)
14Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”
7Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.
53But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”
17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.
18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.
10The Lord Promises Exile(But Also Restoration)“When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you,‘Why has the LORD threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the LORD our God?’
20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
24then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.
20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
3The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.