¹⁶ “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and ^(A)judge righteously between a man and his ^(B)brother or the stranger who is with him.

^17 (A)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for ^(B)the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, ^(C)bring to me, and I will hear it.’

The Law Concerning Witnesses

^15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.