וְהָלַ֗ךְ מִדֵּ֤י שָׁנָה֙ בְּשָׁנָ֔ה וְסָבַב֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְהַגִּלְגָּ֖ל וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וְשָׁפַט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַמְּקוֹמ֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
Taun-taon ay naglalakbay siya at umiikot sa Bethel, sa Gilgal, at sa Mizpa, at hinahatulan niya ang Israel sa lahat ng mga lugar na iyon.
Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat
Every Judge who sits [in his town] and [thus] increases the fees19Yad has, ומגדל מעלתו ‘and (thus) enhances his station.’ of [his] scribes and beadles, is regarded as included among those who turn aside for lucre.20Yad, Sanhedrin XXIII, 3. Derived from Shab. 56a: ‘How do I interpret they (Samuel’s sons Hophni and Phinehas) turned aside for lucre? (I Sam. VIII, 3). This means that they did not emulate their father’s example. For Samuel the righteous used to go around among all the places of Israel and judge them in their towns, as it is said, And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel (ibid. VII, 16). However, they (his sons) did not do this, but sat in their towns in order to increase the fees of their beadles (who summoned the litigants to court) and scribes’ (who kept the records of evidences, minutes of court proceedings or wrote the documents referring to the choice of arbiters and the like). Nowadays, Judges may try the litigants in their own locality and are not obliged to travel to other towns — BaḤ. , also Derisha.