Deuteronomy 1:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Charged

Hear

John 7:24

The stranger

Leviticus 24:22

General references

Numbers 30:1

Proverbs 31:9

John 7:24

Bible References

Charged

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting.

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

As you know how we exhorted and encouraged and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,

I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

Hear

Judges and officers shall you make in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you testify in a dispute to follow after a crowd to pervert judgment:

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

And said to the judges, Take heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

[To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David.] Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

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

The stranger

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and clothing.

You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates:

You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

You 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.

General references

And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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