¹⁸ “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ^[a]towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ^19 (A)You shall not distort justice, ^(B)you shall not ^[b]show partiality; and ^(C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous. ²⁰ Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that ^(D)you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.