Text -- Leviticus 19:15 (NET)

Justice, Love, and Propriety

19:15 “‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 19:15

¹ tc Smr has the singular rather than the plural “you” of the MT, which brings this verb form into line with the ones surrounding it.

² tn Heb “You shall not do injustice in judgment” (NASB similar); cf. NIV “do not pervert justice.”

³ tn Heb “You shall not lift up faces of poor [people] and you shall not honor faces of great.”

⁴ tn Heb “In righteousness you shall judge your fellow citizen.”