Exodus 21:6 Cross References - NSB

⁶ »He must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship. His owner will punch a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.

¹² Jehovah said: »That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah!

²¹ »You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. ²² »They must be the ones who usually settle disagreements among the people. They should bring all-important cases to you. But they should settle all minor cases themselves. Make it easier for yourself by letting them help you. ²³ »If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out. All these people can go home with their disputes settled.« ²⁴ Moses took Jethro’s advice ²⁵ and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. ²⁶ They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.

²² »When a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting, if she is not badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve.

⁸ »If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must be brought to God to find out whether or not he took his neighbor’s valuables. ⁹ »There is a dispute over the ownership of a bull, a donkey, a sheep, an article of clothing, and any other lost property which two people claim as their own. Both people must bring their case to God. The one whom God declares guilty must make up for his neighbor’s loss with double the amount.

²⁸ »Do not curse God. Do not curse a ruler of your people.

²³ »‘No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me! It is not your land! You only live there for a little while.

⁴⁰ »‘He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee.

⁵ Moses said to the judges of Israel: »Each of you put to death those men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.« ⁶ One of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to his brothers. He did this right in front of Moses and the entire congregation of Israel while they were crying at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ⁷ Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. He left the assembly and grabbed a spear in his hand. ⁸ He went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped.

¹⁶ »I charged your judges to hear the cases between your countrymen and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger with him.

¹⁷ then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door. He will be your servant for a very long time. You should do likewise to your maidservant.

¹⁸ »Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

¹⁷ »The two people involved must stand in Jehovah’s presence, in front of the priests and judges who are serving at that time. ¹⁸ »The judges must make a thorough investigation. If it is found that the witness lied when he testified against the other Israelite,

²² This time Hannah did not go. She told her husband: As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the Temple of Jehovah, where he will stay all his life.

¹ When Samuel was old, he appointed his sons judges over Israel. ² The name of his firstborn son was Joel. He named his second son Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

¹² Achish trusted David and thought: »David’s people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me.«

² David answered: »That will give you a chance to see for yourself just how well we can fight!« Achish said: »You and your men will always be my bodyguards.«

⁷ They said to him: »If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a favorable answer, then they will be your servants for ever.«

⁶ You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering. You have opened my ears. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. ⁷ Then I said: »Here I come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me. (Luke 3:21) ⁸ »I am pleased to do your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.

²⁶ »I will give you judges like you had long ago, advisers like you had in the beginning. After that you will be called the Righteous City, the Faithful City.«

³ Her princes (rulers) within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morning.