Thematic Bible: Holding courts of justice
Thematic Bible
Gates » Holding courts of justice
His father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
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Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.
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When you flee to one of these cities you must go to the place of judgment at the entrance to the city, and explain to the leaders what happened. Then they will let you into the city and give you a place to live in, so that you can stay there.
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The girl's father and her mother must present evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
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Boaz went to the public place in the town and sat down. When the kinsman-redeemer came along, the one he had mentioned, Boaz said: Come here, and sit down. He came and was seated.
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These are the things that you should do. Every man should speak the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (towns).
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Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
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He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,
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Related Topics
- Abuse
- Abuse Of Authority, Warnings Against
- Administration
- Afflicted, Duty To Them
- Appointments
- Business At The Gateway
- Civic Righteousness
- Coming To Gates
- Do Not Steal
- Doing God's Works
- Gates
- Helping The Poor
- Injustice, Hated By God
- Judges