Judge

How Nave’s arranged it

• Appointed by the PersiansEzra 7:25
• Kings and other rulers as2 Samuel 8:152 Samuel 15:21 Kings 3:16–281 Kings 10:92 Kings 8:1–6Psalms 72:1–4Matthew 27:11–26Acts 23:34Acts 23:35Acts 24Acts 25:11Acts 25:12
• Priests and Levites asDeuteronomy 17:92 Chronicles 19:8Ezekiel 44:23Ezekiel 44:24Matthew 26:57–62
• Women as, DeborahJudges 4:4
• Held circuit courts1 Samuel 7:16
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• See Witness
• CHARACTER OF, AND PRECEPTS RELATING TOExodus 18:21Exodus 18:22Exodus 22:9Exodus 22:28Leviticus 19:15Deuteronomy 1:12–17Deuteronomy 16:18–20Deuteronomy 17:8–11Deuteronomy 19:16–19Deuteronomy 25:1–31 Samuel 2:251 Samuel 8:31 Kings 3:92 Chronicles 19:5–10Psalms 58:1Psalms 58:2Psalms 72:1Psalms 72:2Psalms 72:4Psalms 72:12–14
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• CORRUPT, INSTANCES OF

The passages, in Bible order (85)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 18:21

   Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 18:211 voice

   “Hence Moses, who speaks with God, is judged by the reproof of Jethro, who was of alien race, because with ill-advised labour he devotes himself to the people's earthly affairs: and counsel too is presently given him, that he should appoint others in his stead for settling earthly strifes, and he himself should be more free to learn spiritual secrets for the instruction of the people.

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2. Exodus 18:22

   Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 18:221 voice

   “And let them judge the people at all times,....

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3. Exodus 22:9

   In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

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   “For all manner of trespass,....

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4. Exodus 22:28

   You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

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   “Thou shalt not revile the gods,....

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5. Leviticus 19:15

   You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:151 voice

   "You shall not be partial to the poor," a precept given lest under pretext of showing pity we should judge an unjust judgment. For each individual is to be judged not by his personal importance but by the merits of his case. His wealth need not stand in the way of the rich man, if he makes a good use of it; and poverty of itself can be no recommendation to the poor if in the midst of squalor and want he fails to stay away from wrongdoing.

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6. Deuteronomy 1:12–17

   But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:12–171 voice

   “How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? His meaning is, that he could not hear and try all their causes, and determine all their law suits, and decide the strifes and controversies which arose between them; it was too heavy for him, and brought too much trouble and incumbrance upon him.

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7. Deuteronomy 16:18–20

   You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:18–201 voice

   “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 (s): the qualifications of judges to be chosen and constituted by the people are thus described by him.

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8. Deuteronomy 17:8–11

   If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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   “If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment,....

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9. Deuteronomy 17:9

   You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:91 voice

   “Thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites,.... The priests that are of the tribe of Levi, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi; for Aben Ezra says there are priests that are not of the genealogy of Levi; such there were indeed in Jeroboam's time, 1Ki 12:

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10. Deuteronomy 19:16–19

    If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

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    “If a false witness rise up against any man,.... In a court of judicature: to testify against him: that which is not true of him, let it be in what case it will; Aben Ezra instances in idolatry, but it holds good of any other.

    “Testify against him that which is wrong - Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used Deu 13:5 to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law.

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11. Deuteronomy 25:1–3

    If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

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    “Render it: (1) If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, and justify the righteous and condemn the wicked (compare the marginal reference. and Exo 23:7; Pro 17:15); (2) then it shall be, etc. Deu 25:2 Scourging is named as a penalty in Lev 19:20. The beating here spoken of would be on the back with a rod or stick (compare Pro 10:13; Pro 19:29; Pro 26:3).

    “If there be a controversy between men,....

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12. Judges 2:16–19

    Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

    ›Commentary on Judges 2:16–192 voices

    “Nevertheless, the Lord raised up judges,....

    “The Lord raised up judges - That is, leaders, generals, and governors, raised up by an especial appointment of the Lord, to deliver them from, and avenge them on, their adversaries. See the preface.

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13. Judges 3:9–11

    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:9–112 voices

    “It calls the savior "Othniel," which means "the time of God for me." Through this first Othniel, then, the people were delivered from their humiliating servility and were restored to peace rather than having their longstanding pride and various deeds removed.

    “And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,....

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14. Judges 3:15–30

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:15–301 voice

    “What did you mean by saying, two thousand fall at the side? Naturally, when the right hand is designated and the left is not, the side is named in place of the left hand. It would not be right, certainly, for the just man to have a left hand: "If someone strikes you on the right cheek," counsels the Lord, "turn to him the other also." Notice that he did not say, "the left also," for it is not the left cheek that is offered, but another right cheek.

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15. Judges 3:31

    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

    ›Commentary on Judges 3:312 voices

    “And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath,....

    “From this verse and Jdg 5:6 we may gather that Shamgar was contemporary with Jael, and that he only procured a temporary and partial deliverance for Israel by his exploit. He may have been of the tribe of Judah. An ox goad - An instrument of wood about eight feet long, armed with an iron spike or point at one end, with which to spur the ox at plow, and with an iron scraper at the other end with which to detach the earth from the plowshare when it became encumbered with it.

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16. Judges 4:1

    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

    ›Commentary on Judges 4:12 voices

    “When Ehud was dead - Why not when Shamgar was dead? Does this not intimate that Shamgar was not reckoned in the number of the judges?

    “And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord,....

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