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Deuteronomy 16:19-20

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16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort 1  the words of the righteous. 2  16:20 You must pursue justice alone 3  so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Context

24:17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Context
27:19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

1 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

2 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

3 tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).



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