Deuteronomy 21:2
Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
Deuteronomy 16:18-19
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;
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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                                        
                                                                                                                                You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
                                    
                                        Romans 13:3                                        
                                                            
                        For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;