Deuteronomy 16:18
Thou shalt ordain judges, and exactors, in all thy gates which thy Lord God shall give to thee, by each of thy lineages, that they deem the people by just or right doom,This verse in the real world
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- שֹׁטֵרshôṭêrproperly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistr
- צֶדֶקtsedeqthe right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭto judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish
- שַׁעַרshaʻaran opening, i.e. door or gate
- עַםʻama people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (colle
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ch 23:4, Deu 1:15–17, Deu 17:12, 2Ch 19:5–11, Deu 19:17–18, Deu 21:2, Exo 18:25–26, Exo 21:6