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
You shall not revile God, nor curse the ruler of your people.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shall you make in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just 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 and four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Psalm 82:1
[A Psalm of Asaph.] God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.