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Deuteronomy 16:16-18
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 16:16-18
New English Translation
16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Shelters; and they must not appear before him[a] empty-handed. 17 Every one of you must give as you are able,[b] according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Provision for Justice
18 You must appoint judges and civil servants[c] for each tribe in all your villages[d] that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.[e]
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- Deuteronomy 16:16 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
- Deuteronomy 16:17 tn Heb “a man must give according to the gift of his hand.” This has been translated as second person for stylistic reasons, in keeping with the second half of the verse, which is second person rather than third.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 tn The Hebrew term וְשֹׁטְרִים (veshoterim), usually translated “officers” (KJV, NCV) or “officials” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), derives from the verb שֹׁטֵר (shoter, “to write”). The noun became generic for all types of public officials. Here, however, it may be appositionally epexegetical to “judges,” thus resulting in the phrase, “judges, that is, civil officers,” etc. Whoever the שֹׁטְרִים are, their task here consists of rendering judgments and administering justice.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 tn Heb “gates.”
- Deuteronomy 16:18 tn Heb “with judgment of righteousness”; ASV, NASB “with righteous judgment.”
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