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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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Daniel said to them, "Separate them far from each other, and I will examine them."