Deuteronomy 16:18

New American Bible - revised edition

In all the communities which the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes to administer true justice for the people.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:4

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to direct the service of the house of the Lord, six thousand were to be officials and judges,

1 Chronicles 26:29

Among the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were in charge of Israel’s civil affairs as officials and judges.

Ezra 7:25

“As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws.

Exodus 18:21

But you should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them over the people as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 21:22

When men have a fight and hurt a pregnant woman, so that she suffers a miscarriage, but no further injury, the guilty one shall be fined as much as the woman’s husband demands of him, and he shall pay in the presence of the judges.

Exodus 21:6

his master shall bring him to God and there, at the door or doorpost, he shall pierce his ear with an awl, thus keeping him as his slave forever.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is prominent at the city gates as he sits with the elders of the land.

Matthew 5:21

“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.

Deuteronomy 16:17

but each with his own gift, in proportion to the blessing which the Lord, your God, has given to you. Justice.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

Deuteronomy 17:12

Anyone who acts presumptuously and does not obey the priest who officiates there in the ministry of the Lord, your God, or the judge, shall die. Thus shall you purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 17:9

to the levitical priests or to the judge who is in office at that time. They shall investigate the case and then announce to you the decision.

Deuteronomy 21:2

your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distances to the cities that are in the neighborhood of the corpse.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,

1 Samuel 8:1

In his old age Samuel appointed his sons judges over Israel.