Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes,—and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17every man according as his hand can give,—according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God, which he hath bestowed upon thee.

19Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,—nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people—men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,—and place them over [them] as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 21:6then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post,—and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.

Deuteronomy 1:15So I took heads for your tribes wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes.

Deuteronomy 17:9and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days,—and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment;

Deuteronomy 19:17then shall the two men who are at variance stand before Yahweh,—before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

Deuteronomy 25:1When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:2-18

Yearly Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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