As we read this passage, notice that a distinction is made between the elders and the whole congregation indicating that the word congregation in the context of judicial matters is not to be used as synonymous with any body of elders.
Ngenkathi sifunda le ndima, qaphela ukuthi kunomehluko phakathi kwabadala nebandla lonke okukhombisa ukuthi igama elithi ibandla esimweni sezindaba zokwahlulela akumele lisetshenziswe ngokufana nanoma iyiphi indikimba yabadala.