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[Easton] The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king’s palace (2 Kings 20:4). [Smith] (Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most commonly to the enclosures of the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 27:9; 40:33; Leviticus 6:16; 1 Kings 6:36; 7:8; 2 Kings 23:12; 2 Chronicles 33:5) etc. [Nave] –ECCLESIASTICAL 1Ch 26:29-32 ; 2Ch 19:8-11 ; Mt 18:15-18 ; Joh 20:23 .See CHURCH, DISCIPLINE IN –CIVIL .Held at the tabernacle Nu 27:2 .The gates of cities De 21:19 ; 22:15 ; 25:7 ; Jos 20:4 ; Ru 4:1 ; Zec 8:16 .Under a palm tree Jud 4:5 .COMPOSITION OF, AND MODE OF PROCEDURE Ex 18:25 , 26 ; De 1:15-17 ; 17:9 ; Ru 4:2-5 ; 1Ch 26:29-32 ; 2Ch 19:8-11 ; Mt 26:54-71 ; Mr 14:53 , 55-65 ; 15:1 ; Lu 22:50-71 ; Joh 18:13-28 ; Ac 5:17-21 , 25-28 , 34 , 38-41 .See JUDGE .See JUSTICE .See PRIEST, JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF –CIRCUIT 1Sa 7:15-17 –SUPERIOR, AND INFERIOR Ex 18:21-26 ; De 1:15-17 ; 17:8-13 ; 2Ch 19:5-10 –JUSTICE REQUIRED OF Ex 23:2 , 3 , 6-8 ; De 1:16 , 17 ; 25:1 ; 2Ch 19:5-10 .See JUDGE .See JUSTICE –SENTENCE OF, FINAL AND OBLIGATORY De 17:8-12 –CONTEMPT OF De 17:8-13 ; Mic 5:1 ; Ac 23:1-5 –CORRUPT Pr 17:15 ; 29:26 ; Isa 1:23 ; 5:23 ; 10:1 , 2 ; Mic 3:11 ; 7:3 ; Zep 3:3 ; Mt 26:59-62 ; 27:18-26 ; Mr 14:53 , 55-65 ; 15:10 ; Ac 4:15-18 ; 6:11-14 ; 24:26 , 27 .See BRIBERY .See JUDGE .See JUSTICE –ACCUSED SPOKE IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Jer 26:11-16 ; Mr 15:3-5 ; Ac 4:8-12 , 18-20 ; 5:29-32 ; 7:1-56 ; 23:1-7 ; 26:1-32 .See APPEAL .See PUNISHMENT .See WITNESS