Deuteronomy 1:16

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

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WEBBE

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

BSB

At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

KJV

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

ASV

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

BBE

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

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וָאֲצַוֶּה va·'a·tza·veh and I commanded H6680 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם sho·fe·tei·khem judges your H8199 בָּעֵת ba·'et at the time H6256 הַהִוא ha·hiv' (the) that H1931 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 שָׁמֹעַ sha·mo·a' hear H8085 בֵּין־ bein- between H996 אֲחֵיכֶם 'a·chei·khem countrymen your H251 וּשְׁפַטְתֶּם u·she·fa·tem and you will judge H8199 צֶדֶק tze·dek righteousness H6664 בֵּין־ bein- between H996 אִישׁ 'ish anyone H376 וּבֵין־ u·vein- and between H996 אָחִיו 'a·chiv countryman his H251 וּבֵין u·vein and between H996 גֵּרוֹ ge·ro sojourner his H1616

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–18

Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them, which showed God's goodness to them, and the care of Moses.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.