And you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall make known to you the sentence of judgment:
Then they said, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Thus says the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will obey my instruction, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you places to walk among these that stand by.
And to speak to the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall tell you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.