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Deuteronomy 16:20

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף לְמַעַן תִּֽחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

In Context

19לֹא ־ תַטֶּה מִשְׁפָּט לֹא תַכִּיר פָּנִים וְלֹא ־ תִקַּח שֹׁחַד כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִֽם ׃

21לֹֽא ־ תִטַּע לְךָ אֲשֵׁרָה כָּל ־ עֵץ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה ־ לָּֽךְ ׃ ס

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:13לֹֽא ־ יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִֽיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּֽה ׃ ס

Micah 6:8הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה ־ טּוֹב וּמָֽה ־ יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ כִּי אִם ־ עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם ־ אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ ׃ פ

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:19-22

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any… Read the whole commentary →

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