Parashat Shoftim (Các Quan Xét) שופטים

Shoftim covers Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9, outlining the governance structure of the Israelite community in the land: judges, kings, priests, Levites, and prophets. It prohibits idolatry, establishes procedures for capital cases requiring multiple witnesses, addresses laws of war, and introduces the special elders' ceremony for an unsolved murder.