Judge with truth and justice without partiality.
In the manner that you judge you will be judged.
The people must choose their own magistrates to serve their respective communities. No clear distinction is made between the judges and the officials (or officers) mentioned here. Faithlife Bible.
The Lord loves justice and hates discrimination.
Justice is the quality of dealing with people fairly. Judges particularly were expected to reflect God’s just nature by not dealing with the accused on the basis of discrimination, false witness, or hearsay. A bribe is any gift that might change the balance in favor of the giver, thus tipping the scales of justice.
Godliness is to imitate God in a love for what is just and true.
God’s intention in all His instructions was for the good of His people. NKJ Bible.
Deuteronomy 16:18–20 (NKJV)
18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 23:6 (NKJV)
6 “You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
Exodus 23:1 (NKJV)
23 “You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Deuteronomy 1:17 (NKJV)
17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
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