5 MOSEBOG 17:8

Når en Retssag angående Blodsudgydelse eller et Ejendomsspørgsmål eller Legemsskade, når i det hele en eller anden Retstrætte inden dine Porte er dig for vanskelig, skal du stå op og drage til det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger,

¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;