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Deuteronomy 16:18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Deuteronomy 16:18 ESV

“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.

Deuteronomy 16:19 ESV

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:20 ESV

Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:21 ESV

“You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the LORD your God that you shall make.

Deuteronomy 16:22 ESV

And you shall not set up a pillar, which the LORD your God hates.