 Rabbi Judah interpreted the words "you shall not respect persons in judgment" in to teach judges not to favor their friends, and Rabbi Eleazar interpreted the words to teach judges not to treat a litigant as a stranger, even if the litigant was the judge's enemy.Resh Lakish interpreted the words "you shall hear the small and the great alike" in to teach that a judge must treat a lawsuit involving the smallest coin in circulation ("a mere "perutah"") as of the same importance as one involving 2 million times the value ("a hundred "mina"").And the Gemara deduced from this rule that a judge must hear cases in the order that they were brought, even if a case involving a lesser value was brought first.