Exodus 18:21-25
18:21 But you choose
from the people capable men,
God-fearing,
men of truth,
those who hate bribes,
and put them over the people
as rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
18:22 They will judge
the people under normal circumstances,
and every difficult case
they will bring to you, but every small case
they themselves will judge, so that
you may make it easier for yourself,
and they will bear the burden
with you.
18:23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you,
then you will be able
to endure,
and all these people
will be able to go
home
satisfied.”
18:24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said.
18:25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Provision for Justice
16:18 You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
Deuteronomy 16:1
The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival
16:1 Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 23:4
23:4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired
Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
Deuteronomy 23:2
23:2 A person of illegitimate birth
may not enter the assembly of the
Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.
Deuteronomy 19:8-10
19:8 If the
Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors
and gives you all the land he pledged to them,
19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments
I am giving
you today (namely, to love the
Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities
to these three.
19:10 You must not shed innocent blood
in your land that the
Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.