Deuteronomy 21:2

then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which are round about the slain one,

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

Romans 13:3-4

For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

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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
Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.
Romans 13:3
For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,