Exodus 23:7

23:7 Keep your distance ¹  from a false charge ²  – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, ³  for I will not justify the wicked. ⁴ 

Exodus 24:14

24:14 He told the elders, “Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are ⁵  Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute ⁶  can approach ⁷  them.”

Deuteronomy 17:8-12

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ⁸  legal claim, ⁹  or assault ¹⁰  – matters of controversy in your villages ¹¹  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ¹²  17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict. 17:10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught. 17:11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you. 17:12 The person who pays no attention ¹³  to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ¹⁴  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ¹⁵  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 15:3

15:3 You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite ¹⁶  owes you, you must remit.

Job 31:13

31:13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants

or my female servants

when they disputed ¹⁷  with me,

Acts 18:14-15

18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, ¹⁸  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ¹⁹  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ²⁰  of you Jews, ²¹  18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement ²²  about words and names and your own law, settle ²³  it yourselves. I will not be ²⁴  a judge of these things!”

Acts 18:1

Paul at Corinth

18:1 After this ²⁵  Paul ²⁶  departed from ²⁷  Athens ²⁸  and went to Corinth. ²⁹ 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ³⁰  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

[23:7]  ¹ tn Or “stay away from,” or “have nothing to do with.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “a false matter,” this expression in this context would have to be a case in law that was false or that could only be won by falsehood.

[23:7]  ³ tn The two clauses probably should be related: the getting involved in the false charge could lead to the death of an innocent person (so, e.g., Naboth in 1 Kgs 21:10-13).

[23:7]  ⁴ sn God will not declare right the one who is in the wrong. Society should also be consistent, but it cannot see the intents and motives, as God can.

[24:14]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh) calls attention to the presence of Aaron and Hur to answer the difficult cases that might come up.

[24:14]  ⁶ tn Or “issues to resolve.” The term is simply דְּבָרִים (dÿvarim, “words, things, matters”).

[24:14]  ⁷ tn The imperfect tense here has the nuance of potential imperfect. In the absence of Moses and Joshua, Aaron and Hur will be available.

[17:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

[17:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

[17:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

[17:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:8]  ¹² tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

[17:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).

[17:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

[15:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “your brother.”

[31:13]  ¹⁷ tn This construction is an adverbial clause using the temporal preposition, the infinitive from רִיב (riv, “contend”), and the suffix which is the subjective genitive.

[18:14]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).

[18:14]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”

[18:14]  ²⁰ tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”

[18:14]  ²¹ tn Grk “accepting your complaint, O Jews.”

[18:15]  ²² tn Or “dispute.”

[18:15]  ²³ tn Grk “see to it” (an idiom).

[18:15]  ²⁴ tn Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.

[18:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “After these things.”

[18:1]  ²⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ²⁷ tn Or “Paul left.”

[18:1]  ²⁸ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[18:1]  ²⁹ sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.

[1:1]  ³⁰ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.