Deuteronomy 16:20

You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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WEBBE

You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

BSB

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

KJV

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

ASV

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

BBE

Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 18–22

Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established upon better promises, there is a tendency to set up idols, under one form or another, in the human heart.

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