Deuteronomy 16:18-22 ▼

18 You set for yourself judges and authorities within all your gates which your God YHWH is giving to you, for your tribes; and they have judged the people [with] a righteous judgment.

19 You do not turn aside judgment; you do not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

20 Righteousness—you pursue righteousness, so that you live and have possessed the land which your God YHWH is giving to you.

21 You do not plant an Asherah of any trees for yourself near the altar of your God YHWH, which you make for yourself,

22 and you do not raise up any standing image for yourself which your God YHWH is hating.”