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 make light of God, and thou shalt not curse the chiefs of thy people.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment
Deuteronomy 19:17
And the two men to whom is the contention stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
1 Chronicles 23:4
From these to superintend over the work of the house of Jehovah, twenty and four thousand; and scribes and judges, six thousand:
Psalm 82:1
Chanting to Asaph. God stood in the assembly of God; he will judge in the midst of gods.