Exodus 21:6
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6 then his master shall bring him to the (A)judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
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Deuteronomy 15:17
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17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
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Leviticus 25:40
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40 As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee.
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1 Samuel 28:2
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2 So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.”
And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.”
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Deuteronomy 19:17-18
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17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, (A)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother,
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Zephaniah 3:3
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3 (A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are (B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.
1 Kings 12:7
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7 And they spoke to him, saying, (A)“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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1 Samuel 27:12
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12 So Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.”
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1 Samuel 8:1-2
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Israel Demands a King
8 Now it came to pass when Samuel was (A)old that he (B)made his (C)sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
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1 Samuel 1:22
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22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will (A)take him, that he may appear before the Lord and (B)remain there (C)forever.”
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Deuteronomy 16:18
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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.
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Deuteronomy 1:16
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16 “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and (A)judge righteously between a man and his (B)brother or the stranger who is with him.
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Numbers 25:5-8
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5 So Moses said to (A)the judges of Israel, (B)“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
6 And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, (C)who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Now (D)when Phinehas (E)the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So (F)the plague was (G)stopped among the children of Israel.
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