Graphic Bible · Scene 11 of 40

An anonymous seated judge hears two equally placed petitioners in different-quality robes.
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17

Hear the Small and Great Alike

From Horeb to the Refusal at Kadesh · Deuteronomy 1

Story guide: Visual essay: equal placement and attentive hearing illustrate the command to judge without partiality or fear.

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16And at that time I commanded your judges, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the resident foreigner with him.’

17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by any man, for the judgment belongs to God. And the matter that is too difficult for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.

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