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Deuteronomy 16:16-20

16Threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969timesH6471intheyearבַּשָּׁנָ֡הba.sha.NahH8141shallallthymalesזְכוּרְךָ֜ze.khu.re.KhaH2138appearיֵרָאֶ֨הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430intheplaceבַּמָּקוֹם֙ba.ma.kOmH4725whichhewillchooseיִבְחָ֔רyiv.CharH977,atthefeastH2282ofunleavenedהַמַּצּ֛וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682,andatthefeastH2282ofweeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתha.sha.vu.'otH7620,andatthefeastH2282oftabernacles;andtheyshallnotappearיֵרָאֶ֛הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeJehovahemptyH7387:

17each[shallgiveH5414]accordingtothatwhichisinhispowertogiveH5414,accordingtotheblessingכְּבִרְכַּ֛תke.vir.KatH1293ofJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430whichhehathgivenH5414thee.

18Judgesשֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimH8199andofficersH7860shalt thoumakeH5414theeinallthygatesH8179,whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee,throughoutthytribesH7626,thattheymayjudgeוְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971withjustjudgmentמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941.

19Thou shaltnotwrestjudgmentH4941; thou shaltnotrespectpersons,neithertakeתִקַּ֣חti.KachH3947abribeשֹׁ֔חַדSho.chadH7810;forthebribeהַשֹּׁ֗חַדha.Sho.chadH7810blindeththeeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869ofthewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450,andperverteththewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftherighteousצַדִּיקִֽם׃tza.di.KimH6662.

20Perfectjusticeshalt thoufollow,thatthou mayestliveתִּֽחְיֶה֙tich.YehH2421,andpossessH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee.

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