¹⁹ then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,

³ And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(A)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁷ And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall ^(A)go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.’

² then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities.

Justice

¹⁸ “You shall appoint ^(A)judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.