Deuteronomy 25:1

1When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.

1“If there is a dispute between people and they go to 25:1 Lit the judgmentcourt, and 25:1 Lit they judge themthe judges decide their case, and they declare the righteous innocent and pronounce the wicked guilty,

1“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

1“If there is a controversy between men, and they go to court, and the judges decide [the issue] between them, and they judge in favor of the innocent and condemn the guilty,

1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

1Suppose two people don’t agree about something. Then they must take their case to court. The judges will decide the case. They will let the one who isn’t guilty go free. And they will punish the one who is guilty.