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Deuteronomy 15:17
then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant permanently. You shall also do the same to your female slave.
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Leviticus 25:40
He shall be with you as a hired worker, as if he were a foreign resident; he shall serve with you up to the year of jubilee.
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1 Samuel 28 2
David said to Achish,“ Very well, you will learn what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David,“ Then I will assuredly make you my bodyguard for life!”
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Deuteronomy 19:17-18
then both people who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,
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Numbers 25:5-8
So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“ Each of you kill his men who have become followers of Baal of Peor.”Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,and he went after the man of Israel into the inner room of the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through the abdomen. So the plague on the sons of Israel was brought to a halt.
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Zephaniah 3:3
Her leaders within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They have no bones to gnaw in the morning.
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Leviticus 25:23
‘ The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because the land is Mine; for you are only strangers and residents with Me.
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Exodus 21:22
“ Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.
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1 Samuel 27 12
So Achish believed David, saying,“ He has undoubtedly made himself repulsive among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”
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Exodus 12:12
For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the human firstborn to animals; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments— I am the Lord.
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1 Kings 12 7
Then they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”
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Exodus 22:8-9
If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges, to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says,‘ This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
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Deuteronomy 16:18
“ You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Exodus 22:28
“ You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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1 Samuel 8 1-1 Samuel 8 2
Now it came about, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.
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Deuteronomy 1:16
“ Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying,‘ Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him.
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1 Samuel 1 22
But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband,“ I will not go until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, so that he may appear before the Lord and stay there for life.”
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Exodus 18:21-26
Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that they will bring to you every major matter, but they will judge every minor matter themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will carry the burden with you.If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their places in peace.”So Moses listened to his father in law and did everything that he had said.Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Then they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult matter to Moses, but they would judge every minor matter themselves.
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Psalms 40:6-8
You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering; You have opened my ears; You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.Then I said,“ Behold, I have come; It is written of me in the scroll of the book.I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart.”
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Isaiah 1:26
Then I will restore your judges as at first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city.”