Deuteronomy 16:17-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷Everyone ^[a]shall give as he is able, in accordance with the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

¹⁸“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your ^[b]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 ^[c]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.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 16:17 Lit according to the gift of his hand
Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit gates
Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces

Deuteronomy 16:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

¹⁸Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

¹⁹Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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Deuteronomy 16:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.

Judges

¹⁸Appoint judges^(A) and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.^(B) ¹⁹Do not pervert justice^(C) or show partiality.^(D) Do not accept a bribe,^(E) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.