Government: Municipal: Devolving Upon a Local Senate and Executive officers

Scripture references

Deu 19:12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him
Deu 21:2–8, 18–21 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance
Deu 22:13–21 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to
Deu 25:7–9 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go
Jos 20:4 When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the
Jdg 8:14–16 There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The
Jdg 11:5–11 and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from
Rut 4:2–11 Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and
1Sa 11:3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send
1Sa 16:4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the
1Sa 30:26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends,
1Ki 21:8–14 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal,
2Ki 10:1–7 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent
Ezr 10:8, 14 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his
Neh 3:9, 12, 16, 18, 19 Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district
Lam 5:14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their