then you shall investigateand searchout and inquirethoroughly.Ifit is true [and] the matterestablishedthat thisabominationhas been doneamongyou,
If anyonekillsa person,the murderershall be putto deathat the evidenceof witnesses,but nopersonshall be putto deathon the testimonyof onewitness.
"Do not judgeaccordingto appearance,but judgewith righteousjudgment."
"He executesjusticefor the orphanand the widow,and showsHis lovefor the alienby givinghim foodand clothing.
some worthlessmenhave goneout from amongyou and have seducedthe inhabitantsof their city,saying,Let us goand serveothergods(whomyou have not known),
you shall surelystrikethe inhabitantsof that citywith the edgeof the sword,utterlydestroyingit and allthat is in it and its cattlewith the edgeof the sword.
and if it is toldyou and you have heardof it, then you shall inquirethoroughly.Behold,if it is true and the thingcertainthat thisdetestablethinghas been donein Israel,
Do not receivean accusationagainstan elderexcepton the basisof twoorthreewitnesses.
"Do not consideryour maidservantas a worthlesswoman,for I have spokenuntilnowout of my greatconcernand provocation."
Now the sonsof Eliwere worthlessmen;they did not knowthe LORD