רַ֣ק כָּל־הֶעָרִ֗ים הָעֹֽמְדוֹת֙ עַל־תִּלָּ֔ם לֹ֥א שְׂרָפָ֖ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל זוּלָתִ֛י אֶת־חָצ֥וֹר לְבַדָּ֖הּ שָׂרַ֥ף יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃
Empero todas las ciudades que estaban en sus cabezos, no las quemó Israel, sacando á sola Asor, la cual quemó Josué.
Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat
It has already become the adopted practice [among] all the Courts of Law in Israel after the [close of] the Talmud that they permit the litigants and also the witnesses to be seated16Yad, Sanhedrin XXI, 5. Since ex post facto this would be valid because the requirement for the litigants to stand at the time of the conclusion of the case and that of the witnesses during testimony is similar. , supra n. 12. in order to eliminate dissension,17For very often this may lead to strife. Nevertheless, both the witnesses and the litigants who are G-d-fearing people should adopt a stringency in this matter and thus comply with the Biblical verse, And the two men shall stand (BaḤ) — ShaK. However, many Courts of Law even nowadays adopt the practice to have the litigants and the witnesses stand especially during the conclusion of the trial — A.H. for we are [nowadays] powerless to maintain the laws of our faith in conformity with their original authoritativeness.18Heb. על תלם. , Josh. XI, 13, RaDaK and Targum a.l.