Exodus 18:19-20
18:19 Now listen to me,
I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God,
and you bring
their disputes
to God;
18:20 warn
them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk
and the work they must do.
Leviticus 24:12-14
24:12 So they placed him in custody until they were able
to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the
Lord.
24:13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
24:14 “Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
Numbers 15:34
15:34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.
Numbers 27:5
27:5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.