Trial

The umbrella collects two registers of judicial trial: the bringing of an accused before the court for adjudication, and the right of an accused to be heard before sentence.

Before the Court

The blasphemy case at Lev 24 is the working example of a capital matter brought to the camp's tribunal. The accused is detained, the offense is referred for divine ruling, and the sentence is then executed: "And a son of a woman of Israel, who was also a son of a man of Egypt, went out among the sons of Israel; and the son of the Israeli woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: and the son of the Israeli woman blasphemed the name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. And they put him in ward, that it might be declared to them according to the mouth of Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him" (Lev 24:10-14).

The Right of a Hearing

Nicodemus's procedural objection in the council names the entitlement of the accused to be heard before the law passes judgment on him: "Does our law judge a man, except it first hear from him and know what he does?" (Jn 7:51).