Deuteronomy 1:16

“I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or his resident alien.”

Deuteronomy 1:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 1:16, word by word

I commandedאֲצַוֶּהatsave

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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your judgesשֹׁפְטֵיshofte

judge

To judge and do justice, defend the weak.

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at that timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Hear casesשָׁמֹעַshamoa

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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your brothersאֲחֵיache

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

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righteouslyצֶדֶקtsedek

righteousness

Living uprightly before God.

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a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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his resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

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The context

15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and set them as heads over you, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, and supervisors for your tribes.

16 · This verse (above)

17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is Elohim’s. And the case that is too hard for you you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

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