Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me and I will hear it.'
Deuteronomy 17:8-11
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"If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose,
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and thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.
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And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee.
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According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do. Thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee to the right hand nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 19:15-19
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"One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth. By the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established.
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If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong,
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then both the men involved in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
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and the judges shall make diligent inquisition. And behold, if the witness be a false witness and hath testified falsely against his brother,
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then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.