- Judges appointed.
- OT=Ex. 18:13-26; Deut. 1:15-17; 16:18; II Sam.
7:11; II Chron. 19:4-6
- Moses, the first Judge, to judge in hard matters.
- OT=Ex.18:13-22,26; Deut. 1:17
- Appointed rulers to judge in small matters.
- Judges must decide righteously.
- OT=Lev. 19:15; Deut. 16:18,20; 19:16-21;
25:1
- Not to perevert justice.
- OT=Ex. 23:2,7-8; Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17;
16:19; Psalm 82:2; Prov. 17:15,23; 24:23
- NT=John 7:24; Acts 23:1-3; 25:9-11, James
2:4
- Judges ( Rulers ) must not take bribes.
- OT=Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19; Prov. 15:27;
17:23; 29:4
- Wisdom is needed in judgement.
- OT=I Kings 3:9; II Chron. 1:10
- NT=James 1:5
- The judge is limited to human affairs.
- The king as judge.
- Court Proceedure.
- Duties of a witness.
- OT=Ex. 23:1; Lev. 5:1; Deut. 17:7; Prov.
24:28
- NT=Matt. 18:15-17
- Two or more witnesses required to testify against a person.
- OT=Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15
- NT=MAtt. 18:16; II Cor. 13:1; I Tim. 5:19;
Heb. 10:28
- Perjury--False witness condemned.
- OT=Ex. 20:16; 23:1; Deut. 19:16-19; Psalm
27:12; Prov. 6:6-19; 12:17; 14:5,25; 19:5,9; 25:18; Dan. 6:24
- NT=Matt. 15:19; 26:59; Acts
5:1-10
- Contempt of court.
- OT=Deut. 17:12-13
- NT=Rom. 13:1-3; Titus 3:1
- Cities of refuge to be appointed for those who commit
manslaughter.
- OT=Ex. 21:12-14; Num. 35:11-15, 22-28; Deut.
4:41-42; Deut. 19:1-13
- Inquest for the slain.
- Publication of the Law.
- OT=Deut. 27:1-3,8; 31:10-13
- Instruction in the Law.
- OT=Ex. 24:12; Deut. 5:31; 6:6-9, 20-25; Prov.
22:6
- NT=Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15; II Tim.
2:2
- Obediance to the Law.
- OT=Lev. 18:4-5; Deut. 5:32-33; Ezra 7:26; Ez.
20:19
- Sinning through ignorance of the Law.
- OT=Lev. 4:22-23,27-28; Num. 15:27-29
- NT=Luke 12:48
- Willful sinning against God's Law.
- OT=Num. 15:30-31; Deut. 17:12; II Sam.
12:9-10; Ezra 10:7-8; Psalm 19:13
- NT=Heb. 10:26; II Peter
2:20-21
- Judgements
- Judgement is from God.
- OT=Deut. 1:17; II Chron. 19:6
- The righteous to be justified and the wicked condemned.
- OT=LEv. 19:15; Deut. 25:1; Prov. 17:15; 18:5;
24:23-24
- Let the punishment fit the crime.
- OT=Ex. 21:22-27; Num. 35:16-21,30-31; Deut.
19:21
- The sentance is to carried out speedily.
- OT=Deut. 25:2-3; Ezra 7:26
- Capital punishment to be administered for crimes of:
- Murder
- OT=Gen. 9:5-6; Ex. 21:12; Lev.
24:17
- Kidnapping
- OT=Ex. 21:16; Deut. 24:17
- Adultry
- OT=Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22
- Incest
- Sodomy
- Rape
- Witchcraft
- Disobediance to parents.
- OT=Ex. 21:15,17; Deut. 21:18-21
- Worship of false gods.
- Child sacrifice
- OT=Lev.20:2-5; Deut. 12:29-31; Jer. 7:31;
19:5
- Blasphemy
- False prophets
- Desacration of the Sabbath.
- Appeals
- To Moses.
- To priests
- To the king
- Damages
- For maiming a person.
- OT=Lev. 24:19-20; Deut. 19:21
- For stealing.
- OT=Ex. 22:1-5; Num. 5:6-7
- When there is no kinsman, recompense should be made unto
the Lord.
- For starting a fire.
- For breech of trust.
- For killing an animal.
- OT=Ex. 21:35-36; Lev. 24:18,21
- For the loss of an animal falling into a pit.
- For the loss of borrowed animals.
- Lawsuits
- NT=Matt. 5:25, 40; I Cor. 6:1-8
- Methods of punishment.
- The penalty should fit the crime.
- OT=Gen. 9:6; Ex. 21:22-25; Lev. 24:19-20;
Num. 35:33; Deut. 19:21
- NT=Matt. 5:38; 26:52; Rev. 13:10
- By burning
- OT=Gen. 38:24; Lev. 20:14
- Death for murder
- OT=Ex. 21:12; Lev. 24:21; Num. 35:16-21,
30-31, 33; Ezra 7:26
- By Mutilation
- By hanging.
- OT=Deut. 21:22-23; Esther 7:9-10
- By stoning.
- By scourging or beating.
- OT=Deut. 25:2-3
- NT=Luke 12:48
- By confiscation of goods and excommunication..
- by imprisonment.
- By renumeration.
- By restitution of stolen or borrowed property.
- By crucufixion.
- Agents that are to exact God's punishment.
- State executioner.
- OT=Num. 35:27
- NT=Rom. 13:1-4
- Nation
- Prophets
- OT=I Sam. 15:33; I Kings 18:40
- Soldiers
- Methods of protection of thoses guilty of manslaughter.
- Cities of refuge.
- OT=Ex. 21:13; Num. 35:6-15, 22-28; Deut.
4:41-42
- Protection until trial.
- Unintentional manslayer to remain in city of refuge until the
death of the High Priest.
- OT=Num. 35:25-28, 32; Joshua
20:2-6
- Murderer is not protected.
- OT=Num. 35:30-31; Deut.
19:11-13
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