The Law of Moses: Divided Into: Civil, Relating to Administration of Justice

You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case. …

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

…and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.