Deuteronomy 21:2
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.
Deuteronomy 16:18-19
“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a terror
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Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
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Deuteronomy 16:18
“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval.