"And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear {the causes} between your brethren, and judge righteously between {…" — Deuteronomy 1:16

Deuteronomy 1:16 · KJV

“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.”

— Deuteronomy 1:16

Verse 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. {made: Heb. gave}

Verse 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. {respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces}

Deuteronomy 1 — Context

And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken {is} good {for us} to do.

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.

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

Cross References

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

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.

Leviticus 24:22

Ye 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.

2 Chronicles 19:6-10

And 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. {in...: Heb. in the matter of judgment}

Exodus 23:7-9

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

1 Timothy 5:21

I 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. {preferring...: or, prejudice}

Exodus 22:21

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:2-3

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to {do} evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest {judgment}: {speak: Heb. answer}