What effect would this command have within Jewish society?
Leviticus 19:15 (ESV)
15“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
This command ensures that justice and righteousness must prevail in the Hebrew judicial system. This is another way in which the Jewish nation could reflect the holiness of God.
15 “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.