They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were.

He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles.

and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel.

Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,

And he said to me, "Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image."

When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!

Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

You must not do anything to the young woman -- she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him,

If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death -- we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

He must remain in that city until his case is decided by the assembly and the high priest dies. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped."

These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

The guardian said, "Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it."

But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident."

But if they say, 'Come up against us,' we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand -- it will be a sign to us."

Then Saul said, "Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!" Jonathan was indicated by lot.

Samuel replied, "If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?"

But if I say to the boy, "Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,' get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!"

Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!"

May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!"

David replied to Achish, "That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!" Achish said to David, "Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on."

She replied, "In that case, let the king invoke the name of the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!" He replied, "As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son's head will fall to the ground."

The other woman said, "No! My son is alive; your son is dead!" But the first woman replied, "No, your son is dead; my son is alive." Each presented her case before the king.

Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea."

The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest.

They cast lots to determine their responsibilities -- oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.

The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him.

Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea."

The king had them cast in earthen foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,' or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

"We -- the priests, the Levites, and the people -- have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.

So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities.

Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?"

In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus' reign, pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them.

"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!

The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water's surface will grieve.

I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say, 'My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.'

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

"So, once more I will state my case against you," says the Lord. "I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.

The Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What burdensome message do you have from the Lord?' Tell them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the Lord, affirm it!

I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case!

As to my case, I am in your power. Do to me what you deem fair and proper.

He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north.

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates. When they cast lots over Jerusalem, you behaved as though you were in league with them.

The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us." So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!"

Hear the Lord's accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!

Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.