Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 16:18-22

18Judgesשֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimH8199andofficersוְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםve.sho.te.RimH7860shalt thoumakeH5414thee inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thygatesשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee,accordingH4941to thytribesלִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָlish.va.Tei.khaH7626: and they shalljudgeוְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971withrighteousצֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekH6664judgmentמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941.

19Thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808wrestjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941; thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808respectפָּנִ֑יםpa.NimH6440persons:neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808shalt thoutakeתִקַּ֣חti.KachH3947a gift; for a gift dothblindיְעַוֵּר֙ye.'a.VerH5786theeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869of thewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450, andpervertתַטֶּ֣הta.TehH5186thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of therighteousצַדִּיקִֽם׃tza.di.KimH6662.

20ThatwhichH834is altogetherjustH834shalt thoufollowתִּרְדֹּ֑ףtir.DofH7291, that thou mayestliveתִּֽחְיֶה֙tich.YehH2421, andinheritוְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ve.ya.rash.TaH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee.

21Thou shaltnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808plantתִטַּ֥עti.Ta'H5193thee anAsherahאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה'a.she.RahH842ofanyכָּל־kol-H3605kind oftreeעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086besideאֵ֗צֶל'E.tzelH681thealtarמִזְבַּ֛חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou shaltmakeתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thee.

22Neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shalt thousetתָקִ֥יםta.KimH6965theeupH6965apillarמַצֵּבָ֑הma.tze.VahH4676;whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hateth.

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