Quotes about Community
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- Deuteronomy 19:12
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
- Deuteronomy 19:20
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
- Deuteronomy 21:2
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
- Deuteronomy 21:3
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
- Deuteronomy 21:19
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Deuteronomy 21:21
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
- Deuteronomy 22:1
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
- Deuteronomy 22:2
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
- Deuteronomy 22:3
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
- Deuteronomy 22:4
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
- Deuteronomy 22:18
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:21