1
"aIf there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, band they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
b
Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 1:17
Deuteronomy 1
16
"Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and ajudge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.
Deuteronomy 1
17
'aYou shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall bnot fear man, for the judgment is God's. cThe case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'