and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel,
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,
“If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there, that certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
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