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Justice, Love, and Propriety

15 “‘You[a] must not deal unjustly in judgment:[b] You must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich.[c] You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:15 tc Smr has the singular rather than the plural “you” of the MT, which brings this verb form into line with the ones surrounding it.
  2. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “You shall not do injustice in judgment” (NASB similar); cf. NIV “do not pervert justice.”
  3. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “You shall not lift up faces of poor [people] and you shall not honor faces of great.”
  4. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “In righteousness you shall judge your fellow citizen.”