Deuteronomy 16:18

“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”

"Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment." - Deuteronomy 16:18
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What does Deuteronomy 16:18 mean?

Deuteronomy 16:18 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible states, "Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment." At first glance, this verse may seem…

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Establishing Justice: God's Divine Order for Leadership

The book of Deuteronomy stands as one of the most significant texts of guidance and law within the Old Testament. It serves not merely as a historical account but as a divine directive for the Israelites on how to establish themselves in the land that God promised them. In…

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A Prayer for Just Leadership and Righteous Judgment

Heavenly Father, We humbly come before You, Lord, as we reflect on Your Word, particularly the words from Deuteronomy 16:18: "Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people…

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Deuteronomy 16:18 - "¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment."
Deuteronomy 18:16 - "According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not."
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 5:18 - "Neither shalt thou commit adultery."
Deuteronomy 14:16 - "The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,"
Deuteronomy 18:11 - "Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer."
Deuteronomy 18:13 - "Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 22:18 - "And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;"
Deuteronomy 14:18 - "And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
Deuteronomy 10:16 - "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked."
Deuteronomy 28:16 - "Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field."
Deuteronomy 2:18 - "Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:"
Numbers 16:18
Genesis 18-16
Deuteronomy 18:17 - "And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken."
Deuteronomy 1:18 - "And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do."
Deuteronomy 18:8 - "They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony."
Deuteronomy 32:16 - "They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger."
Deuteronomy 32:18 - "Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee."
Deuteronomy 4:18 - "The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:"
Deuteronomy 33:18 - "¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents."
Numbers 32:16-18
Numbers 32:16-18
Psalm 10:16-18
Deuteronomy 10:18 - "He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment."
Deuteronomy 27:18 - "Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 6:16 - "¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah."