Deu 16:18-20 | ESV | STEP | You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes , and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment .

a ch. 1:16; Num. 11:16; Josh. 1:10; 1 Chr. 23:4; 26:29

b ch. 27:19; Ex. 23:2, 6; Isa. 10:2; Amos 5:12; [Lev. 19:15]; See ch. 24:17

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Justice

18 “You shall appoint ^ajudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 ^bYou shall not pervert justice. ^cYou shall not show partiality, ^dand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.