the judges
Êxodo 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no mischief follows: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Êxodo 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Êxodo 18:21-26
21
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22
And let them judge the people at all times: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto you, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you.
23
If you shall do this thing, and God command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26
And they judged the people at all times: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Êxodo 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he has put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.
Êxodo 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.
Êxodo 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse the ruler of your people.
Números 25:5-8
5
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined unto Baal of Peor.
6
And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
Deuteronômio 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronômio 16:18
Judges and officers shall you make in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronômio 19:17
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;
Deuteronômio 19:18
And the judges shall make diligent inquiry: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
1 Samuel 8:1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
1 Samuel 8:2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
Isaías 1:26
And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Sofonias 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.
bore his ear
Salmos 40:6-8
6
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8
I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within my heart.
for ever
Levítico 25:23
The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
Levítico 25:40
But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee:
Deuteronômio 15:17
Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant you shall do likewise.
1 Samuel 1:22
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.
1 Samuel 27:12
And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
1 Samuel 28:2
And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you my guardian forever.
1 Reis 12:7
And they spoke unto him, saying, If you will be a servant unto this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.