⁸ If the thief is not ^[a]caught, then the owner of the house shall ^[b]appear before ^[c](A)the judges, to determine whether he ^[d]laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.

²⁸ “You shall not ^[a](A)curse God, ^(B)nor curse a ruler of your people.

Various Laws

25 “^(A)If there is a dispute between people and they go to ^[a]court, and ^[b]the judges decide their case, ^(B)and they declare the righteous innocent and pronounce the wicked guilty,