Jewish Courts are established in Deuteronomy, with no bailiff, no guards, no jail, no jury box, none of the things we see in our courts today.
Deuteronomy 16:18. “You will appoint Judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which the LORD* your God is giving to you throughout your tribes, and they will judge the people with righteous judgment. 19. You will not twist judgment. You will not respect persons or take a gift, for a gift blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. 20. You will follow that which is altogether righteous so you can live and possess the land which the LORD* your God is giving to you.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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