Old Testament - The Law - Settling Disputes

• BanguIzai

  30 Oct 11, 00:18

   

  Old Testament > The Law > Settling Disputes

   

  

   

  Deuteronomy 25:1

  'When men have a dispute, they must go to court for judgment.'

   

  

   

  Deuteronomy 25:1

  'Judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.'

   

  

   

  Deuteronomy 25:2

  'If the guilty party deserves to be beaten, the judge will have him lie down and be beaten in his presence.'

   

  

   

  Deuteronomy 25:2-3

  'He will receive the number of blows his offence warrants. The judge may impose forty blows, but any more than that would be publicly humiliating to your fellow man.'