20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
20 The right! The right! Pursue only what's right! It's the only way you can really live and possess the land that God, your God, is giving you.
20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
20 Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:20
Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:18-22
(Read Deuteronomy 16:18-22)
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established upon better promises, there is a tendency to set up idols, under one form or another, in the human heart.