KJV King James Version
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
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Deuteronomy 1:16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
WEB World English Bible
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
ASV American Standard Version
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren—then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 1
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
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וָאֲצַוֶּה֙H6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔םH8199 · sha.phatto judgeבָּעֵ֥תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֖ואH1931 · huhe/she/itלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayשָׁמֹ֤עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבֵּין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenאֲחֵיכֶם֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingוּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣םH8199 · sha.phatto judgeצֶ֔דֶקH6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessבֵּֽין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanוּבֵין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenאָחִ֖יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוּבֵ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenגֵּרֽוֹ׃H1616 · gersojourner
Cross-references
John 7:24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.2 Chronicles 19:6-10And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.Exodus 23:7-9Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Leviticus 24:22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.Exodus 23:2-3Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:Deuteronomy 16:18-19Judges 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.1 Timothy 5:21I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.1 Timothy 6:17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.Numbers 27:19And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.Deuteronomy 27:11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.Psalm 58:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:Deuteronomy 31:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.1 Thessalonians 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,Deuteronomy 10:18-19He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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