magistrate <JUG18 -7> Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no {magistrate} in the land, that might put [them] t

o shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.

magistrate <LUK12 -58> When thou goest with thine adversary to the {magistrate}, as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cas

t thee into prison.

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