Verse 4

When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:12-14 : 12 Punishment 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 13 some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying,“Let’s go and serve other gods”(whom you have not known before). 14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
• Deut 19:18 : 18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
• John 7:51 : 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”
• Prov 25:2 : 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.