26 And they judged the people on every proper occasion. A hard case they would bring to Moses,+ but every small case they themselves would handle as judges.

16 “And I went on to command YOUR judges at that particular time, saying, ‘When having a hearing* between YOUR brothers, YOU must judge with righteousness+ between a man and his brother or his alien resident.+

5 And he proceeded to station judges throughout the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.+