New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 16:18-22
18“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your 1towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 192You shall not distort justice, 3you shall not 4show partiality; and 5you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous. 20Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that 6you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
21“7You shall not plant for yourself an 8Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself. 22And 9you shall not set up for yourself a memorial stone, which the Lord your God hates.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit gates ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 16:19 Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15; Deut 1:17; 10:17 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 16:19 Prov 24:23 ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 16:19 Ex 23:8; Prov 17:23; Eccl 7:7 ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 16:20 Deut 4:1 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 16:21 Deut 7:5; 2 Kin 17:16; 21:3; 2 Chr 33:3 ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 16:21 I.e., wooden symbol of a female deity ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 16:22 Lev 26:1 ↩
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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