¹⁹ then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.

³ It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall ^(A)not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him ^(B)shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

⁷ But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the ^(A)gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’

² then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities.

Justice Must Be Administered

¹⁸ “You shall appoint ^(A)judges and officers in all your ^[a]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.