I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.

Provision for Justice

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.