And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.
Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.
Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah;
In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?
From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had to do all the public business of Israel, in relation to judges and men in authority.
And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.
And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.
So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?
He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;
For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.
<To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet.
Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.
And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.
And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.
In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my sabbaths holy.
And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to get together all the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, to come to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.
Then the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, came together to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up; and they took their places before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had put up.
And he has given effect to his words which he said against us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what has been done to Jerusalem.
Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.
If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.
And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?
Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?
But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.
What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?
But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.
And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
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