Deuteronomy 16:18

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Summary

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.

Judges

General references

Bible References

Judges

And so I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and [then] I appointed them as leaders over you [as] commanders of [groups of] thousands and commanders of [groups of] hundreds and commanders of [groups of] fifties and commanders of [groups of] tens [as] officials for your tribes.

then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be [in office] in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you {the verdict}.

then the two men {to whom the legal dispute pertains} shall stand {before} Yahweh, {before} the priests and the judges who are [in office] in those days.

then your elders and your judges shall go out and shall measure [the distance] to the cities that [are] around the slain one.

And Moses chose men of ability from all Israel, and he appointed them [as] heads over the people, [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

his master will present him to God and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve him forever.

Of these, [David said,] "Twenty-four thousand [are] to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials

For the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons [were appointed] to the duties outside of Israel as officials and as judges.

And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

"How long will you judge unjustly and {show favoritism to the wicked}? Selah

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

General references

then your elders and your judges shall go out and shall measure [the distance] to the cities that [are] around the slain one.

"When a legal dispute {takes place} between men and they come near to the court, and [the judges] judge [with respect to] them, then they shall declare the righteous [to be] in the right and they shall condemn the wicked,

And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

"At my going out [the] gate to [the] city, I secured my seat in the square.

Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.

Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!"