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Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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ASV

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimjudgesH8199 →
וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםve.sho.te.Rimand officialsH7860 →
תִּֽתֶּן־ti.ten-you will appointH5414 →
לְךָ֙le.Khafor yourself
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khagates yourH8179 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414 →
לְךָ֖le.Khato you
לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָlish.va.Tei.khafor tribes yourH7626 →
וְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.Tuand they will judgeH8199 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
מִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-judgment ofH4941 →
צֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekrighteousnessH6664 →

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John 8:11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”1 Chronicles 23:4“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,Ezra 7:25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,Exodus 21:6then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.Deuteronomy 17:9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.Romans 13:1–6Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.1 Chronicles 26:29From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.Deuteronomy 1:15–17So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.Deuteronomy 21:2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.Exodus 18:25–26So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Deuteronomy 19:17–18both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.2 Chronicles 19:5–11He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.Deuteronomy 17:12But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.Exodus 22:8If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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