Deuteronomy 21:2
then let your elders and judges go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the neighboring cities.
Deuteronomy 16:18-19
"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.
Romans 13:3-4
For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval.
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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 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.
Romans 13:3
For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval.