You shall not curse God, nor curse a chief of your people.

then his master shall bring him to God. 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 always.

You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

then both men in the controversy shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who hold office in those days.

And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother,

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah, six thousand officers and judges,

i1 [A Psalm of Asaph.] i0 par God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.