And Moses charged the people on the same day, saying,

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, the day has drawn near for you to die. Summon Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him. And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

make him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him before their eyes.

as you know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children,

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you keep watch over these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

You shall not follow the majority in doing evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after the majority to thrust aside justice.

You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.

Keep yourself far away from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and perverts the words of the righteous.

You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me: He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

and said to the judges, Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Jehovah, who is with you in the words of judgment.

Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of Jehovah and for disputes, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the chief fathers of Israel of the Levites and priests, who were brought back to Jerusalem.

Whatever case comes to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, whether of bloodshed or offenses against Law or commandment, against statutes or ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not trespass against Jehovah and wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David.] i0 par Do you indeed speak justice, O silent ones? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, to give him food and clothing.

Therefore love the sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the sojourners who is in your land within your gates.

You shall neither mistreat a sojourner nor oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Also you shall not oppress a sojourner, for you know the soul of a sojourner, because you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

You shall have the same law for the sojourner and for the native; for I am Jehovah your God.