Verse 18

Deuteronomy 16:18

Literal Standard Version

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18 You set for yourself judges and authorities within all your gates which your God (Elohim) YHWH is giving to you, for your tribes; and they have judged the people with a righteous judgment.

Original Language Text

hebrew

שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְ/שֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן לְ/ךָ֙ בְּ/כָל שְׁעָרֶ֔י/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛י/ךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְ/ךָ֖ לִ/שְׁבָטֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/שָׁפְט֥וּ אֶת הָ/עָ֖ם מִשְׁפַּט צֶֽדֶק

English Translation

You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates that the Lord your God gives you for your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 “Observe the month of Abib, and you have made a Passover to your God (Elohim) YHWH, for in the month... Focus ↗

2 and you have sacrificed a Passover to your God (Elohim) YHWH, of the flock and of the herd, in the p... Focus ↗

3 You do not eat any fermented thing with it; for seven days you eat unleavened things with it, bread... Focus ↗

4 and leaven is not seen with you in all your border for seven days, and there does not remain any of... Focus ↗

5 You are not able to sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which your God (Elohim) YHWH is... Focus ↗

6 except at the place which your God (Elohim) YHWH chooses to cause His Name to dwell—there you sacrif... Focus ↗

7 and you have cooked and eaten in the place on which your God (Elohim) YHWH fixes, and have turned in... Focus ↗

8 for six days you eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day is a restraint to your God (Elohim) Y... Focus ↗

9 You number seven weeks for yourself; you begin to number seven weeks from the beginning of the sickl... Focus ↗

10 and you have observed the Celebration of Weeks to your God (Elohim) YHWH, a tribute of a free-will o... Focus ↗

11 And you have rejoiced before your God (Elohim) YHWH, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your... Focus ↗

12 and you have remembered that you have been a servant in Egypt, and have observed and done these stat... Focus ↗

13 You observe the Celebration of Shelters for yourself for seven days, in your ingathering of your thr... Focus ↗

14 and you have rejoiced in your celebration, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant... Focus ↗

15 For seven days you celebrate before your God (Elohim) YHWH in the place which YHWH chooses, for your... Focus ↗

16 Three times in a year all of your males appear before your God (Elohim) YHWH in the place which He c... Focus ↗

17 each gives according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of your God (Elohim) YHWH, w... Focus ↗

18 You set for yourself judges and authorities within all your gates which your God (Elohim) YHWH is gi...

19 You do not turn aside judgment; you do not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the... Focus ↗

20 Righteousness—you pursue righteousness, so that you live and have possessed the land which your God... Focus ↗

21 You do not plant an Asherah of any trees for yourself near the altar of your God (Elohim) YHWH, whic... Focus ↗

22 and you do not raise up any standing image for yourself which your God (Elohim) YHWH is hating.” Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 16 (22 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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