Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

Bible References

The judges

Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the judges nor curse the prince of thy people.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all the gates of thy cities, which the LORD thy God shall give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with just (and righteous) judgment.
Deuteronomy 19:17
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;
1 Chronicles 23:4
Of which, twenty-four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand were officers and judges;
Psalm 82:1
God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.