The avenger ¹  of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

Every one of you must give as you are able, ¹  according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger ¹  to die.

Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse ¹  must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked – that has never pulled with the yoke –

and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse ¹  must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. ² 

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ¹  around your roof to avoid being culpable ²  in the event someone should fall from it.

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity ¹  for the elders of the city at the gate.

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ¹  her.

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”

Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all Israel’s elders.

but all the leaders told the whole community, “We swore an oath to them in the name of ¹  the Lord God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt ²  them!

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God.

So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

He captured a young man from Succoth ¹  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ² 

Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “All right! ¹  If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, ²  I will be your leader.” ³ 

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, ¹  if we do not do as you say.” ² 

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement ¹  before the Lord in Mizpah.