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Judges · Witnesses · Appeals Every step opens the verse it rests on.

BeginningDeuteronomy 16:18Israel appoints judges and officers in every town.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… v18 · WEB

In the commentaryJustice, Justice You Shall Follow

Judge the people with righteous judgment

1 Pursue justice impartially

No distortion · partiality · bribe

Judge fairly in every gateDeuteronomy 16:18–20Do not distort justice, show partiality, or accept a bribe. Pursue justice so the people may live and possess the land.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… v19 · WEB

In the commentaryJustice, Justice You Shall Follow

2 Investigate serious accusations

Diligent inquiry · two or three witnesses

Do not act on one witnessDeuteronomy 16:21–17:7When covenant disloyalty is reported, inquire diligently and require two or three witnesses before judgment; one witness is insufficient.You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves. v21 · WEB

In the commentaryJustice, Justice You Shall Follow The Court at the Chosen Place

3 Bring difficult cases for appeal

Priests · appointed judge

Seek the central rulingDeuteronomy 17:8–11For a case too difficult locally, go to the place the LORD chooses. Ask the Levitical priests and serving judge, then follow their ruling.If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters… v8 · WEB

In the commentaryThe Court at the Chosen Place

All Respect lawful judgment

Do not act presumptuously

Remove defiant contempt for justiceDeuteronomy 17:12–13A person must not presumptuously reject the priest or judge serving before the LORD. Israel must learn reverence for lawful judgment.The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man… v12 · WEB

In the commentaryThe Court at the Chosen Place

Deuteronomy 16:20Justice, justice shall you pursueYou shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you. v20 · WEB

In the commentaryJustice, Justice You Shall Follow

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