Then tell the whole thing to the church. Only after the first two attempts have failed, do you then tell it to the church. ["Church" here means congregation. The first use of "church" is in Matthew 16:18] If he will not listen to the church. The church leaders [elders] had the right to exclude such a person from the fellowship of the group, with the purpose of causing him to repent. [Orthodox Jews would not even speak to foreigners and tax collectors.]

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Old Testament