John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

21. Thou shalt not plant thee. It is plain from the end of this verse that it is part of the Second Commandment. We know See Lucian in Dea Syria, sub initium; Πρῶτοι μὲν ὦν ἀνθρώπων, τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν, Αἰγύπτιοι λέγονται θεῶν τε ἐννοίαν λαβεὶν, καὶ ἱρὰ εἴσασθαι, καὶ τεμένεα, κ. τ. λ., — Tacitus Germ. 9. “Lucos et nemora consecrant.” Virgil. Eccl. 6:73.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. Care taken for the due administration of justice among them, that controversies might be determined, matters in variance adjusted, the injured redressed, and the injurious punished. While they were encamped in the wilderness, they had judges and officers according to their numbers, rulers of thousands and hundreds, Exo 18:25.

Commenting on Deuteronomy 16:18-22

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Neither shalt thou set up any image,.... Graven or molten, of man, beast, fish, or fowl; the word signifies a "statue or pillar" (c) which was set up for idolatry; for, as Aben Ezra observes, what was not set up for idolatry was not forbidden, as when erected in memory of any action or remarkable event; see Jos 22:10, &c.