Deuteronomy 16:18-20

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Municipal Judges and Officers

¹⁸ “You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.^{(A) 19} You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.^{(B) 20} Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.