Deuteronomy 16:18-26:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-22

Here is, I. Care taken for the due administration of justice among them, that controversies might be determined, matters in variance adjusted, the injured redressed, and the injurious punished. While they were encamped in the wilderness, they had judges and officers according to their numbers, rulers of thousands and hundreds, Exod. 18:25. When they came to Canaan, they must have them according to their towns and cities, in all their gates; for the courts of judgment sat in the gates. Now, 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shall thou make thee ,.... Judges were fixed in the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, and those that have lawsuits come before them; officers are masters of the staff and whip, and they stand before the judges, and go into markets, streets, and shops, to order the weights and measures, and to smite all that do wrong; and all they do is by order of the judges; so Maimonides F19 Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 1. : the qualifications of judges to be chosen and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shalt thou make - Judges, שפטים shophetim , among the Hebrews, were probably the same as our magistrates or justices of the peace. Officers, שטרים shoterim , seem to have been the same as our inquest sergeants, beadles, etc., whose office it was to go into the houses, shops, etc., and examine weights, measures, and the civil conduct of the people. When they found any thing amiss, they brought the person offending before the magistrate, and he was punished by the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:18

Verse 18 18.Judeges and officers shalt thou make. I have placed this passage among the Supplements of the Fifth Commandment, for, if it pleases God that judges should be appointed for ruling the people, it follows that their laws and edicts should be obeyed; and thus the parental authority extends also to them. But, in order that the people may more readily submit themselves to judges, God reminds them that the human race could not otherwise be preserved. Public utility, therefore, renders the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers. The "officers" ( shoterim , writers) associated with the judges both in the earlier arrangements and in that which was to succeed were secretaries and clerks of court, and acted also as assessors and advisers of the judges. No instruction is given as to the number of judges and officers, or as to the mode of appointing them; nor was this necessary. The former would be determined by the size and population of the place where they were appointed, and the latter would,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Moses had at an earlier period appointed judges to settle disputes among the people, and had given instructions to them for the discharge of their duty ( Exodus 18:1-27 ; Deuteronomy 1:12-18 ). Whilst the people were in the wilderness, united as one body and under the leadership of Moses, this arrangement was sufficient; but a more extended arrangement would be required when they came to be settled in Canaan and dispersed in towns and villages over the whole land. In prospect of this,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

(See Homily, De 10:17—11:1, "God no respecter of persons.") read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Impartial judges. We have here the election of judges or magistrates laid down as a duty. In the election they are to secure impartial and incorruptible men. A bribe is not to be thought of by the judges—nor are they to respect persons. And here let us notice— I. THAT ALL JUDGMENT AMONG MEN IS THE FORESHADOWING OF A DIVINE JUDGMENT AT THE LAST . We live under a moral Governor who has not yet delivered final judgment upon his creatures. That final review of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-21

Model judges. I. JUDGES OCCUPY A HIGH AND RESPONSIBLE POSITION . 1. They are necessary. They require to be set up "in all thy gates … throughout thy tribes." 2. They represent God ( Deuteronomy 1:17 ). They are called "gods" ( Psalms 82:1 ). They are clothed with a portion of God's authority ( Romans 13:1 ). 3. They are set to uphold the sacred interests of justice. 4. They may, by wresting judgment, or by hasty and wrong decisions, inflict irremediable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-22

The administration of justice. True religion is related to true morality as the parent is related to the child. God cares as much that right dispositions should prevail between man and man as between man and God. By an eternal decree, religion and morality have been conjoined, and no man can put them asunder. He that loves God will love his brother also. I. THE ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IS ENTRUSTED TO IMPERFECT MEN . The laws of the Jews were framed in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:18-22

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