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.
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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.
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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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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 stranger that is with him.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 7:24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
- Exodus 22:21 “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:2-3 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice. You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
- Exodus 23:7-9 “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked. “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 24:22 You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 16:18-19 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6-10 and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment. Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.” Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem. He commanded them, saying, “You shall do this in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. Whenever any controversy comes to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you must warn them, that they not be guilty toward Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers. Do this, and you will not be guilty.
- 1 Timothy 5:21 I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
- Leviticus 19:15 “ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
- Numbers 27:19 Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.
- Deuteronomy 24:14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
- Deuteronomy 27:11 Moses commanded the people the same day, saying,
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
- Psalms 58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
- 1 Timothy 6:17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
- Deuteronomy 10:18-19 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 1:16 And I charged your judges at that…
Deu 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.
Ver. 16. Hear the causes, &c.] Hear them out. In the Forum of Rome the accuser had six hours allotted him to accuse, the accused had nine hours to make his answer {a}
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And judge righteously.] So upright was the sentence of the Areopagites in Athens, that none could ever say he was unjustly condemned; nay, both parties, as well those that are cast as they that cast, are alike contented. {b}
{a} Ulpian., in Orat. Demosth. de fal legat.
{b} ηππωμενοι σπεργουσιν ομοιως τοιν κεκρατηκοσι.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That converseth or dealeth with him. To such God…
That converseth or dealeth with him. To such God would have justice equally administered as to his own people, partly for the honour of religion, and partly for the interest which every man hath in matters of common right.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I charged your judges at that time,.... When…
And I charged your judges at that time,.... When they were appointed and constituted, even the heads and rulers before spoken of; this charge is also new, and not recorded before:
saying, hear the causes between your brethren; hear both sides, and all that each of them have to say; not suffer one to say all he has to say, and oblige the other to cut his words short, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; but give them leave and time to tell their case, and give the best evidence they can of it:
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and judge righteously; impartially, just as the case really appears to be, and according to the evidence given:
between every man and his brother; between an Israelite and an Israelite:
and the stranger that is with him; between an Israelite and proselyte, whether a proselyte of the gate, or of righteousness; the same justice was to be done to them as to an Israelite.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The stranger - That converseth or dealeth with himn.…
The stranger - That converseth or dealeth with himn. To Such God would have justice equally adtninistred as to his own people, partly for the honour of religion, and partly for the interest which every man hath in matters of common right.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 1:16. The stranger — That converseth or dealeth…
Deu 1:16. The stranger — That converseth or dealeth with him. To such God would have justice equally administered as to his own people, partly for the honour of religion, and partly for the interest which every man hath in matters of common right.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. judges] Unless the previous emendation be accepted the…
16. judges] Unless the previous emendation be accepted the term judges appears here for the first time in the passage.
Hear … and judge righteously] The two indispensables: patient, equal hearing, and impartial decision.
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your brethren] Your fellow-Israelites.
the stranger that is with him] His Gêr or sojourner: any non-Israelite who leaving his own kin settles under the protection of an Israelite family or individual; in distinction from the ‘ezraḥ or born Israelite (Jos_8:33). The Ar. equivalents are ǧar and ṣarîḥ. See W. R. Smith, OTJC2, 342n., and Rel. Sem. 75 ff. In E the Gêr is not to be wronged, Exo_22:21; Exo_23:9, and to have rest on the Sabbath, Exo_23:12; cp. Exo_20:8. In D his equal rights at law are reiterated here, Deu_24:17, Deu_27:19; not to be oppressed, Deu_24:14, but cherished, Deu_10:19; to share with the Levite and the poor, Deu_14:29, Deu_16:11-14, Deu_24:19 ff., Deu_26:11 ff.; to rest on the Sabbath, Deu_5:14; enter the covenant, Deu_29:11; and keep the Law, Deu_31:12; only he is to have freedom in meats forbidden to Israel, Deu_14:21; if Israel persists in sin the Gêr shall rise over him, Deut 18:43. See on Deu_10:19 and Deu_14:21 where the different treatment of the Gêr in P is noted.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) And I charged your judges . . .…
(16) And I charged your judges . . . saying.—These instructions given by Moses are an admirable expansion, but only an expansion, of those of Jethro(Exo_18:21), that the judges must be “able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness”—a sentence older than the Decalogue itself.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:16-17 Be . . . impartial (literally Do not…
1:16-17 Be . . . impartial (literally Do not notice faces): People appearing before the court should be treated as though they were wearing a mask to conceal their identity. Judges were not to be influenced by rich and powerful persons in the community but were to judge on the basis of God’s own impartiality (10:17) and treat all persons equally under the law.
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