Quotes about Justice
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
and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
— Deuteronomy 21:7
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
— Deuteronomy 21:8
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
— Deuteronomy 21:9
And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
— Deuteronomy 21:14
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 a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
— Deuteronomy 21:22
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
— Deuteronomy 22:18
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
— Deuteronomy 22:19
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
— Deuteronomy 22:20
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