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Deuteronomy 1:15-17

15So I tookוָאֶקַּ֞חva.'e.KachH3947the headsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of your tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗םshiv.tei.KhemH7626,wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450and informedוִֽידֻעִ֔יםvi.du.'ImH3045menH376, andappointedוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414them as headsרָאשִׁ֖יםra.ShimH7218overעֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei.KhemH5921you, commandersH8269of thousandsאֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.FimH505,hundredsמֵא֗וֹתme.'otH3967,fiftiesחֲמִשִּׁים֙cha.mi.ShimH2572, andtensעֲשָׂרֹ֔ת'a.sa.RotH6235,and officersוְשֹׁטְרִ֖יםve.sho.te.RimH7860for your tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃le.shiv.tei.KhemH7626.

16“Then I orderedוָאֲצַוֶּה֙va.'a.tza.VehH6680your judgesשֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔םsho.fe.tei.KhemH8199at that timeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, ‘Hearשָׁמֹ֤עַsha.Mo.a'H8085the casesbetweenH996your fellowH251countrymenאֲחֵיכֶם֙'a.chei.KhemH251andjudgeוּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣םu.she.fa.TemH8199righteouslyצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664betweenH996a personאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376and his fellowH251countrymanאָחִ֖יו'a.ChivH251,or the strangerגֵּרֽוֹ׃ge.RoH1616who is with him.

17You are not toshowH5234partialityH5234 H6440in judgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗טba.mish.PatH4941;you shall hearתִּשְׁמָע֔וּןtish.ma.'UnH8085the smallכַּקָּטֹ֤ןka.ka.TonH6996and the greatכַּגָּדֹל֙ka.ga.DolH1419alike. You arenot to be afraidתָג֙וּרוּ֙ta.Gu.ruH1481of any personאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376,for the judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טha.mish.PatH4941isH7185God’sלֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430.The caseוְהַדָּבָר֙ve.ha.da.VarH1697that is tooH4480difficultH7185for you, you shall bringתַּקְרִב֥וּןtak.ri.VunH7126to me, and I will hearוּשְׁמַעְתִּֽיו׃u.she.ma'.TivH8085it.’

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