Deuteronomy 21:2

WEB

²then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.

KJV

²Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

BSB

²your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

FBV

²Your elders and judges must come and measure the distance from the body to the surrounding towns.

Extra References

Romans 13:3-4

³For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority, ⁴for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

¹⁸You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ¹⁹You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.