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'Legal' in the Bible

"You are to make a breast piece to be worn by the high priest when he makes legal decisions. It is to be skillfully worked, made like the work of the ephod from gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and from fine woven linen.

Verse ConceptsColors, BlueRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothPeople Involved In JudgementSimilar ItemsGold Items For The TabernaclBlue Purple And ScarletMaking DecisionsDecision Making

"Aaron is to carry the names of Israel's sons on his heart on the breast piece to be worn by the high priest when he makes legal decisions, that is, whenever he goes into the Holy Place in order to remember them continuously in the LORD's presence.

Verse ConceptsMemorialPeople Involved In JudgementOther References To The HeartDecision Making

Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, "You're from what city?" If he replied, "Your servant is from one of Israel's tribes,"

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

Who will appoint me to be a judge in the land? When anyone arrived to file a legal complaint or other cause, he could approach me for justice and I would settle it!"

Verse ConceptsJudgesWorldly Ambition ExamplesMan Appointing

Now as for you, if you commune with me like your father did, doing everything that I have commanded you, including obeying my statutes and my legal decisions,

In reply to them, I said, "The God of Heaven will prosper us. That's why we're preparing to build. But as far as you're concerned, there exists no ancestral heritage, no legal right, nor any historic claim in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsClaimsParticipation, In SinMemorials For PeopleForgetting PeopleSuccess Through GodNot Sharingjerusalemrebuilding

Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you?

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

Verse ConceptsDissensionContentiousnessDestructionViolence In The EarthFighting One AnotherWhy Does God Do This?Injustice

The Jewish leaders told him, "It is not legal for us to put anyone to death." This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.

Verse ConceptsForetelling Christ's DeathMan's Words Fulfilled

But when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul asked the centurion who was standing there, "Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't been condemned?"

Verse ConceptsempiresRevenge, And RetaliationRoman CitizensScourgingBreaking Man's LawNo CondemnationTying UpCitizens

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