Then,<n id="1" /> if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating,<n id="2" /> the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.<n id="3" />

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

Far be it from you to do such a thing &#8211; to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge<n id="1" /> of the whole earth do what is right?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

The person who pays no attention<n id="1" /> to the priest currently serving the <sc>Lordsc> your God there, or to the verdict &#8211; that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

When the <sc>Lordsc> raised up leaders for them, the <sc>Lordsc> was with each leader and delivered the people<n id="1" /> from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The <sc>Lordsc> felt sorry for them<n id="2" /> when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.<n id="3" />

I have not done you wrong,<n id="1" /> but you are doing wrong<n id="2" /> by attacking me. May the <sc>Lordsc>, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!&#8217;&#8221;