Thematic Bible: Judging and deciding in controversies


Thematic Bible



So you shall come to the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case.

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,