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Mishpatiel
Of the hostHost reconstruction
Custom of the verdict
The birth of unsanctified tradition. Not all that is old is from Sinai.
- Etymology
- From mishpat, judgment or custom.
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7–8 — chiefs of tens; office reconstructed from the chief’s art
Powers
- Inventing a precedent
- Teaching ‘it has always been done’
What was taught
That a custom, once repeated three times, binds like an oath.
The oath and the stolen councilHost of Danel
Whole decadWe will give them courts, since we have left the court above.