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5 Mose 15 17
then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant. (niv)
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3 Mose 25 40
They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. (niv)
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1 Samuel 28 2
David said,“ Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.” Achish replied,“ Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.” (niv)
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5 Mose 19 17-5 Mose 19 18
the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, (niv)
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4 Mose 25 5-4 Mose 25 8
So Moses said to Israel’s judges,“ Each of you must put to death those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his handand followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped; (niv)
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Zefanja 3:3
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. (niv)
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3 Mose 25 23
“‘ The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. (niv)
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2 Mose 21 22
“ If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. (niv)
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1 Samuel 27 12
Achish trusted David and said to himself,“ He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.” (niv)
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2 Mose 12 12
“ On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. (niv)
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1 Könige 12 7
They replied,“ If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.” (niv)
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2 Mose 22 8-2 Mose 22 9
But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property.In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says,‘ This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other. (niv)
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5 Mose 16 18
Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. (niv)
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2 Mose 22 28
“ Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people. (niv)
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1 Samuel 8 1-1 Samuel 8 2
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. (niv)
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5 Mose 1 16
And I charged your judges at that time,“ Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. (niv)
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1 Samuel 1 22
Hannah did not go. She said to her husband,“ After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.” (niv)
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2 Mose 18 21-2 Mose 18 26
But select capable men from all the people— men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain— and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves. (niv)
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Psalm 40:6-8
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.Then I said,“ Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll.I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.” (niv)
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Jesaja 1:26
I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.” (niv)
