Deuteronomy 13:14

13:14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you, ¹ 

Deuteronomy 17:4

17:4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing ²  is being done in Israel,

Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ³  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ⁴  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 19:6-7

19:6 Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, ⁵  and kill him, ⁶  though this is not a capital case ⁷  since he did not hate him at the time of the accident. 19:7 Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

Job 19:16

19:16 I summon ⁸  my servant, but he does not respond,

even though I implore ⁹  him with my own mouth.

[13:14]  ¹ tc Theodotian adds “in Israel,” perhaps to broaden the matter beyond the local village.

[17:4]  ² tn Heb “an abomination” (תּוֹעֵבָה); see note on the word “offensive” in v. 1.

[17:2]  ³ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

[19:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and overtake him, for the road is long.”

[19:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “smite with respect to life,” that is, fatally.

[19:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “no judgment of death.”

[19:16]  ⁸ tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the ל (lamed) preposition means “to summon.” Contrast Ps 123:2.

[19:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “plead for grace” or “plead for mercy” (ESV).