Exodus 21:6

Laws About Slaves

⁵ But if the servant, in fact, says, "I love my master, my wife, and my children, and I won't go out a free man,' ⁶ then his master is to bring him before the judges and he is to bring him to the door or to the doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear with an awl, and he is to serve him permanently. ⁷ "When a man sells his daughter as a servant, she won't go out as the male servants do.

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Exodus 22:8-9

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor's property.

Exodus 12:12

I'll pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I'll execute judgments on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Exodus 18:21-26

You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 21:22

"If two men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman and her children are born prematurely, but there is no harm, he is certainly to be fined as the husband of the woman demands of him, and he will pay as the court decides.

Exodus 22:28

"You are not to blaspheme God or curse a ruler of your people.

Leviticus 25:23

"The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me.

Leviticus 25:40

Instead, he is to serve with you like a hired servant or a traveler who lives with you, until the year of jubilee.

Numbers 25:5-8

Then Moses ordered the judges of Israel, "Each one of you is to execute the men in his own tribe who joined the Baal-peor cult."

Deuteronomy 1:16

I charged your judges at that time, "When you hold a hearing between brothers, judge fairly between a man and his brother or between foreigners.

Deuteronomy 15:17

then take an awl and pierce through his earlobe into the door. Then he will be your slave forever. You are to do the same for your female slaves.

Deuteronomy 16:18

"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.

Deuteronomy 19:17-18

then both must stand with their dispute in the LORD's presence, the priests, and the judges at that time.

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go up because she had told her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I'll take him to appear in the LORD's presence and remain there forever."

1 Samuel 8:1-2

When Samuel became old, he appointed his sons judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 27:12

Achish believed David, telling himself, "He has certainly made himself repulsive to his people in Israel. He will be my servant forever."

1 Samuel 28:2

David told Achish, "Very well, you will now see what your servant will do." Achish told David, "Very well, I'll appoint you as my permanent bodyguard."

1 Kings 12:7

They advised him, "If today you are a servant, you will serve this people by answering them and speaking kindly to them. Then they will serve you forever."

Psalm 40:6-8

You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings you have prepared my ears to listen you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

Isaiah 1:26

Let me restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you'll be called "The Righteous City' and "The Faithful City of Zion'.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.