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- "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
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“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Christian Standard Bible
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Appointment and Instruction of the Judges. - Deuteronomy...
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Alphabetical: according all and Appoint each every fairly...
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Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in...
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18 Appoint judges(A) and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.(B) 19 Do not pervert justice(C) or show partiality.(D) Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that ...
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(F) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(G) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(H) for these the Lordyour God hates. 17 Do not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect(I) or flaw in it, for that would be detestable(J) to him.(K) 2 If a man or woman living among you in on...
8 If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge(X)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults(Y)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.(Z) 9 Go to the Levitical(AA) priests and to the judge(AB) who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.(AC) 10 You must act according to t...
14 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession(AJ) of it and settled in it,(AK) and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”(AL) 15 be sure to appoint(AM) over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites.(AN) Do not place a foreigner over you, o...
18 The Levitical(BF) priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings(BG) presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.(BH) 2 They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,(BI) as he promised them.(BJ) 3 This is th...
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(BU) the detestable ways(BV) of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(BW) who practices divination(BX) or sorcery,(BY) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(BZ) 11 or casts spells,(CA) or who is a medi...
14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.(CF) But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so. 15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites.(CG) You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb...
19 When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses,(CV) 2 then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lordyour God is...
15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.(DG) 16 If a malicious witness(DH) takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, 17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the p...
20 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,(DO) do not be afraid(DP) of them,(DQ) because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with(DR) you. 2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army. 3 He shall say: “Hear, Israel: Toda...
Modern police officers could be examples. These judges and officers were to be appointed in all your towns which the LORD your God is giving you. These authorities were to be appointed to govern locally (lit. "within your gates"). They were also to be organized according to their tribes.
“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 You shall not pervert justice.
Appointment and Instruction of the Judges. - Deuteronomy 16:18. "Judges and officers thou shalt appoint thee in all thy gates (place, see at Exodus 20:10), which Jehovah thy God shall give thee, according to thy tribes."
18 "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. New Living Translation (NLT)
