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Taking his stand among them he said, "Are you such fools, O Israelites, as to condemn a daughter of Israel without examination and without learning the facts?
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and he shouted with a loud voice, "I want no part in shedding this woman's blood!"
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All the people turned to him and asked, "What is this you are saying?"
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Taking his stand among them he said, "Are you such fools, O Israelites, as to condemn a daughter of Israel without examination and without learning the facts?
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Return to court, for these men have given false evidence against her."
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So all the people hurried back. And the rest of the elders said to him, "Come, sit among us and inform us, for God has given you the standing of an elder."
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