18. Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you; they must judge the people fairly.
19. Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions, because that kind of payment makes wise people seem blind, and it changes the words of good people.
20. Always do what is right so that you will live and always have the land the Lord your God is giving you.
21. Do not set up a wooden Asherah idol next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,
22. and do not set up holy stone pillars. The Lord your God hates them.