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Deuteronomy 16:20

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20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
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Deuteronomy 16:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:20

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow
Or "justice", "justice" F1, strict justice, and nothing else:

that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee;
that is, continue in the possession of it.

FOOTNOTES:

F1 (qdu qdu)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Deuteronomy 16:20 In-Context

18 "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
21 "You shall not plant any tree as an Ashe'rah beside the altar of the LORD your God which you shall make.
22 And you shall not set up a pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.