19 Wrest not thou the Law, nor respect any person, neither take reward: for the reward blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the just.

20 That which [a]is just and right shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

21 ¶ Thou shalt plant thee no grove of any trees near unto the Altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:20 The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the Law, and in nothing decline from justice.

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