Susanna 1:5

5 Two elders among the people had been appointed as judges that year. It was about them that the Lord had spoken: "Lawless disorder[a] has come out of Babylon, from elders, from judges who were supposed to guide the people."

Susanna 1:5 In-Context

3 Her parents were good people, and they taught their daughter according to the Law from Moses.
4 Joakim was very rich, and he had a large private garden next to his home. The Jews came to him because he was the most honored among them.
5 Two elders among the people had been appointed as judges that year. It was about them that the Lord had spoken: "Lawless disorder has come out of Babylon, from elders, from judges who were supposed to guide the people."
6 These men spent a lot of time at Joakim's house, and all the people with lawsuits came to them.
7 When the people went away in the middle of the day, Susanna would walk around her husband's private garden.

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