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And when thou art come unto the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which YHVHa, thy Elohimb, shall giveth thee, throughout thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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And judges shall be appointed in all the cities, three to a city, and more if the people require it:
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All of these shall be Elders of the people; who shall sit upon the judgment seat of the city and judge all the causes which shall come before them; even all that shall be appointed unto them to judge.
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And these shall sit in judgment, on the judgment seat in within their gates, to do justice unto all mankind; and shall render speedy judgment upon all who have violated these Lawsa.
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And thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take bribes; for such gifts blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.
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And honorable men shall be called to execute their judgment upon all who obey not, and shall bring before them the peacebreakers, and all who do violence.
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¶ And men who know shall be set apart to bring the disobedient, the stiff-necked, the peacebreakers, and all who have done great wickedness, before the judges, and shall execute their judgment on all who withstand it and obey not.
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¶ And in every village an Elder shall be appointed to oversee, to teach, and to instruct: and he shall govern the village according to this Toraha, and if there be other Elders, they also shall give honor unto him.
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And these shall rule within thy gates, according to this Torah, and they shall instruct the people in that city, everyone in their order.
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And unto these shall the people of that city give heed; and unto everyone where he administers.
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That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live and inherit the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, shall giveth thee.
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¶ Thou shalt not plant thee any obelisk for other elohima near unto the altar of YHVH, thy Elohim, which thou shalt make thee, neither shalt thou set thee up any graven images, which YHVH, thy Elohim, hateth.
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And if there any be found among you, within any of thy gates which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickednessa in the sight of YHVH, thy Elohim, in transgressing His covenant,
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And hath gone and served other elohima and worshiped them; be that the sun, or moon, or any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,
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And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it and inquired diligently, and behold, it be true and the thing certain that such detestablea thing is wrought in Israel,
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Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing unto the judge appointed at thy gates, even that man or that woman, and ye shalt cast them outa from before you.
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¶ And if anyone should be guilty of murdera by the mouth of two or three witnesses, they shall be worthy of death and shall be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness they shall not be put to death.
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The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon them to put them to death, and afterward the hands of all the people.
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And after this manner ye shalt put the evil away from among you.
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¶ If there arise a matter too hard for judge that shall be in those days in judgment between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the placea which YHVH, thy Elohim, shall choose.
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And thou shalt come unto the Priests, the Levites, and unto these thou shall inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment;
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And thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that place, which YHVH shall choose, shall show thee by the divination of the Priest; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee;
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According to the sentence of the Torah which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgmenta which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do:
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Thou shalt not abate from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand nor to the left.
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And anyone that will do presumptuously and will not hearken unto the judge, or the Priest that standeth to minister there before YHVH, thy Elohim; even that one shall be cast outa from among you;
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And this that thou shalt put away evil from Israel, and all the people shall hear, and feara, and do no more presumptuously.