Appointing Judges and Officials

18 “Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.(A) 20 Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.(B)

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12 For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,(A) take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice(B) at the city gates.

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We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals(A)
and even sell the chaff!”

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