JOY. The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, on his feet: 23. And bring hither the fatted the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. Joel 2:23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: Nah. 1:15. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Hab. 3:18. I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. 29. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30. But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32. It was Zech. 10:7. And they of Ephraim shall be meet that we should make merry, and be like a mighty man, and their heart shall re-glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is joice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. Zeph. 3:14. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. Hag. 29. In this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. Zech. 2:10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. Zech. 9:9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: Matt. 25:21. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Luke 1:47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Luke 2:10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 6:22. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 10:20. But rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. Luke 15:6. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 8. Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 10. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Matt. 18:13. 22. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes alive again; and was lost, and is found. Luke 24:52. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53. And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. John 15:11. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. vs. 10-32. John 16:20. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 22. I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 33. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 17:13. These things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Acts 2:28. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Acts 8:8. There was great joy in that city. 39. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. Acts 13:52. The disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. Acts 16:25. At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: 34. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. Rom. 5:2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 11. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. 12:12. Rejoicing in hope; Rom. 14:17. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Rom. 15:13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. 1:12. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: Jude 24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, INSTANCES OF: Of Moses and the I raelites, when Pharaoh and his army we destroyed, Ex. 15:1-22. Of Deborah ari the Israelites, when Sisera was overthrow Judg. 5. Of Jephthah's daughter, when he returned from his victory over the Ammoaites, Judg. 11:34. Of Hannah, when Sanuel was born, 1 Sam. 2:1-11. Of Naomi when Boaz showed kindness to Ruth, Ruta 2:20; 4:14. Of the Israelites: When Saul was presented as their king, 1 Sam. 10:24; when David slew Goliath, 1 Sam. 18:6,7; wh they repaired to David to Hebron to make him king, 1 Chr. 12:40; when they took the ark from Kirjath-jearim, 1 Chr. 13:8; when they brought the ark from the house of Obesiedom to Jerusalem, 1 Chr. 15:16,25.* 2 Cor. 8:2. In a great trial of affliction the when they made gifts to the house of Go abundance of their joy and their deep pov-1 Chr. 29:9; when they kept the dedicaerty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 2 Cor. 6:10. As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 2 Cor. 7:4. I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 2 Cor. 12:10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. Gal. 5:22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, Eph. 5:18. Be filled with the Spirit; 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Phil. 3:3. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Phil. 4:4. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Col. 1:11. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 1 Thess. 1:6. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 1 Thess. 5:16. Rejoice evermore. Heb. 10:34. For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Jas. 1:2. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Jas. 5:13. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 1 Pet. 1:8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory : 1 Pet. 4:13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 John 1:4. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. tion of the temple, and the feast of tabernacles under Ezra, Ezra 6:16,22. O the Jews, after hearing, anew, the word of God. Neh. 8:9-18; when they turned away from idolatry, 2 Chr. 15:14,15; 23:18,21; 29:30,38; 30:21,23,26; when the wall of Jerusalem was dedicated, Neh. 12:43; when the foundation of the second temple was laid, Ezra 3:11-15 Of David, over the offerings of the princes and people for the house of God, 1 Chr. 29 10-19. Jews, over the hanging of Haman. Esth. 8:15,16, with 7:10. Of Elisabeth, when Mary visited her. Luke 1:5-44. Of Mary, when she visited Elisabeth, Luke 1:46-56. Of Zecharias, when John was born, Luke 1:67-79. Of angels. when Jesus was born, Luke 2:13,14. Of the shepherds, when they saw the infant Jesus. Luke 2:20. Of the Magi, Matt. 2:10. Of Simeon, when Jesus was presented in the temple, Luke 2:28-32. Of the disciples, be cause the devils were subject to them. Luke 10:17. Of the father, when his prodigal son returns, Luke 15:20–32. Of angels, when sinners repent, Luke 15:7,10. Of the disciples, when Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, Matt. 21:8,9; Mark 11: 8-10. Of the women who returned from the Lord's sepulcher, Matt. 28:8. The dis ciple, after the resurrection of Jesus, Luke 24:41. Of the disciples in the temple after the ascension of Jesus, Luke 24:53. Of the disciples in the temple because they had received the gift of the Holy Ghost, Acts? 46,47. Of the impotent man, healed by Peter, Acts 3:8. Of Paul, when he went up to Jerusalem, Acts 20:22-24. Of Paul and Silas, in the jail at Philippi, Acts 16:25. Of Rhoda, when she heard Peter at the gate, Acts 12:14. Of the disciples at Jerusalem, when Peter told them about the conversion. of Cornelius and other Gentiles, Acts 11:18. Of Barnabas, when he saw the success of the gospel at Antioch, Acts 11:22,23. Of Paul and the Corinthians, because the ex JOY. communicated member repented, 2 Cor. 1: 24; 2:3. Of Paul and Titus, because of the hospitality of the Corinthians, 2 Cor. 7:13, with 8:6; Rom. 15:32; 1 Cor. 16:18. Of the Macedonians, when they made a contribution for the Christians at Jerusalem, 2 Cor. 82. Of Paul, when he prayed for the Philippians, Phil. 1:4. Of Thessalonians, when they believed Paul's gospel, 1 Thess. 1:6. Of Paul, rejoicing over his converts, 1 Thess. 2:19,20; 3:9; Philem. 7. Of early Christians, when they believed in Jesus, 1 Pet. 1:8,9. OF THE WICKED: Job 20:5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Prov. 14:13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. Prov. 15:21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: Eccl. 2:10. And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. Eccl. 7:6. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Eccl. 11:8. But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Isa. 16:10. And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. Jas. 4:9. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. See HAPPINESS; PRAISE; THANKSGIVING. JOZABAD. 1. Two men of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 12:20. 2. Two Levites, 2 Chr. 31:13; 35:9. 5. Three Levites, Ezra 10:23; Neh. 8:7; 11:16. 12:4. JOZACHAR. One of the two servants of Joash, king of Judah, who slew him in Millo, 2 Kin. 12:21. Called ZABAD, 2 Chr. 24:26. JOZADAK. See JEHOZADAK. JUBAL, inventor of musical instruments, Gen. 4:21. JUBILEE. Called ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD, Isa. 61:2. THE YEAR OF LIBERTY, Ezek. 46:17. LAWS CONCERNING: Lev. 25:8. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee. seven times seven years; and the JUBILEE. space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12. For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13. In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15. According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16. According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another: but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. 18. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21. Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23. The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27. Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 28. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile; and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. 29. And if a man sell a dwelling 24. house in a walled city, then he may re- 48. After that he is sold he may be redeemed deem it within a whole year after it is sold ; | again; one of his brethren may redeem him : within a full year may he redeem it. 30. 49. Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may And if it be not redeemed within the space redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto of a full year, then the house that is in him of his family may redeem him; or if he the walled city shall be established for be able, he may redeem himself. 50. And ever to him that bought it throughout his he shall reckon with him that bought him generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. from the year that he was sold to him unto 31. But the houses of the villages which the year of jubile: and the price of his sale have no wall round about them shall be shall be according unto the number of years, counted as the fields of the country: they according to the time of an hired servant may be redeemed, and they shall go out in shall it be with him. 51. If there be yet the jubile. 32. Notwithstanding the cities many years behind, according unto them he of the Levites, and the houses of the cities shall give again the price of his redemption of their possession, may the Levites redeem out of the money that he was bought for. at any time. 33. And if a man purchase of 52. And if there remain but few years unto the Levites, then the house that was sold, the year of jubile, then he shall count with and the city of his possession, shall go out him, and according unto his years shall he in the year of jubile: for the houses of the give him again the price of his redemption. cities of the Levites are their possession 53. And as a yearly hired servant shall he among the children of Israel. 34. But the be with him: and the other shall not rule field of the suburbs of their cities may not with rigour over him in thy sight. 54. And be sold for it is their perpetual possession. if he be not redeemed in these years, then 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and he shall go out in the year of jubile, both fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt he, and his children with him. 55. For unto relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, | me the children of Israel are servants; they or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. are my servants whom I brought forth out of 36. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39. And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40. But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41. And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. 44. Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. 47. And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: Lev. 27:17. If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18. But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19. And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21. But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22. And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 23. Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. 24. In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. Num. 36:4. And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. JUCAL. See JEHUCAL. JUDAH. 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 35:23. Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brethren were about to slay him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites, Gen. 37:26,27. Takes two wives, Gen. 38:1-6. Dwells at Chezib, Gen. 38:5. His incest to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, Acts with his daughter-in-law, Gen. 38:12-26. 15:22-32. Goes down into Egypt for corn, Gen. 43:110; 44:14-34; 46:28. Prophetic benediction of his father upon, Gen. 49:8-12. The ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2,3; Rev. 5:5. JUDEA. 1. Called also JUDAH and JUDEA. The southern division of Palestine. It extended from the Jordan and Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, and from Shiloh on the N. to the wilderness on the S., Matt. 4:25; Luke 5:17; John 4:47,54. In Luke 1:5 the term applies to all Palestine. In Matt. 19:1, Mark 10:1, and Luke 23:5 it applies to the territory E. of Jordan. 2. Wilderness of. Called Beth-arabah, Josh. 15:6,61. Assigned to Benjamin, Josh. 18:22. John the Baptist preaches in, Matt. 3:1; Luke 3:3. 2. Tribe of: Prophecies concerning, Gen. 49:10. Enrollment of the military forces of, at Sinai, Num. 1:26,27; 2:4; at Bezek, 1 Sam. 11:8; 2 Sam. 24:9; in the plain of Moab, Num. 26:22. Place of, in camp and march, Num. 2:3,9; 10:14. By whom commanded, Num. 2:3. Moses' benediction upon, Deut. 33:7. Commissioned of God to lead in the conquest of the promised land, Judg. 1: 1-3, with verses 4-21. Make David king, 2 Sam. 2:1-11; 5:4,5. Upbraided by David for lukewarmness toward him after Absalom's defeat, 2 Sam. 19:11-15. Accused by the other tribes of stealing the heart of David, 2 Sam. 19:41–43. Loyal to David at the time of the insurrection led by Sheba, 2 Sam. 20: 1.2. Is accorded the birthright forfeited by Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:1,2; 28:4; Psa. 60:7. Loyal to the house of David at the time of the revolt of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 12:20. Inherit-LATING TO: Ex. 18:21. Moreover thou shalt ance of, Josh. 15; 18:5; 19:1,9. JUDGE. Appointed by Persians, Ezra 7:25. Kings and other rulers as, 2 Sam. 8: 15; 15:2; 1 Kin. 3:16-28; 10:9; 2 Kin. 8:1-6; Psa. 72:1-4; Matt. 27:11-26; Acts 23:34,35; 24; 25: 11,12. Priests and Levites as, Deut. 17:9; 2 Chr. 19:8; Ezek. 44:23,24; Matt. 26:57–62. Women as: Deborah, Judg. 4:4. Held circuit courts, 1 Sam. 7:16. provide out of all the people able men, such 3. Name of two exiled priests, Ezra 10:23; as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousNeh. 12:8. 4. A Benjamite, Neh. 11:9: 5. A prince or priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem, Neh. 12:34,36. JUDAISM. 1. The religion of the Jews. To yield place to the Gospel, Matt. 3:8,9; 5: 17-19,21-44; 9:16,17. 2. A corrupt form of Christianity, Acts 15:1; 21:20-25; Gal. chapters 3-6. See TEACHERS, FALSE. JUDAS. 1. Surnamed Iscariot. Chosen as an apostle, Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6: 16; Acts 1:17. Treasurer of the disciples, John 12:6; 13:29. His covetousness exemplified by his protest against the breaking of the box of ointment, John 12:4-6; by his bargain to betray Jesus for a sum of money, Matt. 26:14-16; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6; John 13:2. His apostasy, John 17:12. Betrays the Lord, Matt. 26:47-50; Mark 14:43-45; Luke 22:47-49; John 18:2-5; Acts 1:16-25. Returns the money to the rulers of the Jews, Matt. 27:3-10. Hangs himself, Matt. 27:5; Acts 1: 18. Prophecies concerning, Matt. 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:18-26; 17:12; Acts 1:16,20, with Psa. 41:9; 109:8; Zech. 11:12,13. 2. One of the "brethren" of Jesus, Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3. 3. Brother of James and writer of the Epistle of Jude, Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13; Jude 1. 4. An apostle, probably identical with LEBBEUS, or THADDEUS, John 14:22. 5. Of Galilee, who stirred up a sedition among the Jews soon after the birth of Jesus, Acts 5:37. 6. A disciple who entertained Paul, Acts 9:11. 7. Surnamed BARSABAS. A Christian sent ness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22. And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shail judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. Ex. 22:9. For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Lev. 19:15. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 14. Deut. 1:12. How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13. Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15. So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16. And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17. Ye shall not respect persons in judg |