¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

¹⁸ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

²¹ I charge `thee' in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

¹⁰ Tell `of it', ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.

²² Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.

²³ And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.

⁴ And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

¹⁴ And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

⁵ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

⁶ and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and `he is' with you in the judgment.

² that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.