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Monday, August 25th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

申命记 1:16

“那時,我吩咐你們的審判官,說:‘你們在兄弟中聽訟,無論是兄弟彼此訴訟,或是與同居的外地人訴訟,都要按著公義審判。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aliens;   Court;   Government;   Israel;   Judge;   Moses;   Officer;   Rulers;   Strangers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courts;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Judges of Israel;   The Topic Concordance - Judgment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Magistrates;   Strangers in Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Justice;   Servant;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judge;   Judgment;   Justice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Golden Rule;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Galilee;   Magistrate;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proselytes;   Stranger;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Government;   Judge (Office);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Righteousness;   Wisdom;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Judge;   Judging;   Nicodemus;   Relationships, Family;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Procedure in Civil Causes;   Right and Righteousness;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
当 时 , 我 嘱 咐 你 们 的 审 判 官 说 : 你 们 听 讼 , 无 论 是 弟 兄 彼 此 争 讼 , 是 与 同 居 的 外 人 争 讼 , 都 要 按 公 义 判 断 。

Contextual Overview

9 At that time I said, "I am not able to take care of you by myself. 10 The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky. 11 I pray that the Lord , the God of your ancestors, will give you a thousand times more people and do all the wonderful things he promised. 12 But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself. 13 So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have understanding and experience—and I will make them leaders over you." 14 And you said, "That's a good thing to do." 15 So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes. 16 Then I told your leaders, "Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner. 17 When you judge, be fair to everyone; don't act as if one person is more important than another, and don't be afraid of anyone, because your decision comes from God. Bring the hard cases to me, and I will judge them." 18 At that time I told you everything you must do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

charged: Deuteronomy 27:11, Deuteronomy 31:14, Numbers 27:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, 1 Timothy 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:17

Hear: Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 23:8, Leviticus 19:15, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:6-10, Psalms 58:1, John 7:24

the stranger: Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 24:14, Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 24:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:6 - the judges Judges 11:10 - be witness 2 Chronicles 19:9 - in the fear Proverbs 18:5 - not Proverbs 31:9 - General Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it.
Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.
Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look up at the sky, you see the sun, moon, and stars, and everything in the sky. But don't bow down and worship them, because the Lord your God has made these things for all people everywhere.
Job 31:26
I have not thought about worshiping the sun in its brightness nor admired the moon moving in glory
Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted with joy?
Psalms 8:3
I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers. I see the moon and stars, which you created.
Psalms 19:6
The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I charged your judges at that time,.... When they were appointed and constituted, even the heads and rulers before spoken of; this charge is also new, and not recorded before:

saying, hear the causes between your brethren; hear both sides, and all that each of them have to say; not suffer one to say all he has to say, and oblige the other to cut his words short, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; but give them leave and time to tell their case, and give the best evidence they can of it:

and judge righteously; impartially, just as the case really appears to be, and according to the evidence given:

between every man and his brother; between an Israelite and an Israelite:

and the stranger that is with him; between an Israelite and proselyte, whether a proselyte of the gate, or of righteousness; the same justice was to be done to them as to an Israelite.


 
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