⁴ and it hath been declared to thee, and thou hast heard, and hast searched diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in Israel --

¹² `When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, `one' saying,

¹³ Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known --

¹⁴ and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:

¹⁸ and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

⁵¹ `Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

² The honour of God `is' to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.