12 the older men of his city must then send and take him from there, and they must deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood,* and he must die.+

10 “YOU are all of YOU stationed today before Jehovah* YOUR God, the heads of YOUR tribes,* YOUR older men and YOUR officers, every man of Israel,+

4 And he must flee+ to one of these cities and stand at the entrance of the gate+ of the city and speak his words in the hearing of the older men+ of that city; and they must receive him into the city to themselves and give him a place and he must dwell with them.

14 En route he captured a young man of the men of Sucʹcoth+ and made inquiries of him.+ So he wrote out for him the names of the princes+ of Sucʹcoth and its older men, seventy-seven men.

8 Accordingly she wrote letters+ in Aʹhab’s name and sealed them with his seal,+ and sent the letters to the older men+ and the nobles that were in his city dwelling with Naʹboth.

23 Her owner+ is someone known in the gates,+ when he sits down with the older men* of the land.

12 And they stirred up the people and the older men* and the scribes, and, coming upon him suddenly, they took him by force and led him to the Sanʹhe·drin.+