Komentaryo sa Deuteronomio 16:19: Rashi, Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra & Kli Yakar

לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַשֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם׃

Huwag mong babaluktutin ang katarungan; huwag kang magtatangi ng tao; at huwag kang tatanggap ng suhol, sapagkat ang suhol ay bumubulag sa mga mata ng marurunong at bumabaluktot sa mga salita ng mga matuwid.

Rashi

לא תטה משפט means what it literally implies: THOU SHALT NOT PERVERT JUDGMENT.
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Chizkuni

לא תטה משפט ולא תקח שוחד, “do not pervert judgment, nor accept any bribe;” earlier in Exodus 23,6 the subject of not perverting judgment when destitute people are before the court has already been discussed; here the warning concerns all the people. [The people addressed are primarily the judges. Ed.].
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Ibn Ezra

You [singular] must not pervert justice Scripture addresses every individual judge.
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Rashi

ולא תכיר פנים AND THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT PERSONS — not even if it be only during the pleadings of the parties. This is an admonition addressed to the judge that he should not be lenient to one and harsh to the other, e.g. letting one stand and the other sit; because as soon as he (the party treated harshly) observes that the judge shows more respect to his fellow his ability to plead is hampered (i.e. he loses self-confidence and cannot present his case with assurance) (cf. Shevuot 30a).
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