Num 11:16, Deu 16:18-19, 21:1-9 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to Moses , Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel , whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting , and let them take their stand there with you.

Numbers 11:16

Elders Appointed to Aid Moses

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me ^aseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and ^bofficers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Justice

18 “You shall appoint ^cjudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 ^dYou shall not pervert justice. ^eYou shall not show partiality, ^fand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 21:1-9

Atonement for Unsolved Murders

1 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 3 And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer ^gthat has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. 4 And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. 5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen ^hthem to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and ⁱby their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. 6 And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man ^jshall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 8 Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and ^kdo not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ 9 So ^lyou shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.