Quotes About Justice

But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ëIf no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husbandís authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

ëThe LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.í

The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”

You shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.

Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our fatherís brothers.”

So Moses brought their case before the LORD,

“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their fatherís brothers, and transfer their fatherís inheritance to them.

Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ëIf a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his fatherís brothers.

“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.