That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Just. Hebrew, "thou shalt follow justice. "Thou shalt be guided solely by the dictates of justice, in passing sentence, Exodus xxiii. 1, 9. (Calmet)
That judge who passes sentence according to truth, executes his office unjustly if he be actuated by the love of a temporal reward. (St. Gregory, mor. 9.)
In another place: “You shall follow justly after that which is just,” lest we turn from justice, by asserting our own view of truth, recalling the experience of Saul and Agag.
