⁴ and if it is reported to you or you hear of it, and you make a thorough inquiry, and the charge is proved true that such an abhorrent thing has occurred in Israel,^(A)

⁵¹ “Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”^(A)

¹⁸ and the judges shall make a thorough inquiry. If the witness is a false witness, having testified falsely against another,

¹² “If you hear it said about one of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you to live in, ¹³ that scoundrels from among you have gone out and led the inhabitants of the town astray, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ whom you have not known,^{(A) 14} then you shall inquire and make a thorough investigation. If the charge is established that such an abhorrent thing has been done among you,