¹⁶ “Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and ^(A)judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him. ^17 (B)You are not to ^[a]show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You are ^(C)not to be afraid of any person, for the judgment is God’s. ^(D)The case that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ ¹⁸ At that time ^(E)I commanded you all the things that you were to do.