 Rabbi Haninah interpreted the words "hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously" in to warn judges not to listen to the claims of litigants in the absence of their opponents, and to warn litigants not to argue their cases to the judge before their opponents have appeared.Resh Lakish interpreted the words "judge righteously" in to teach judges to consider all the aspects of the case before deciding.Rabbi Judah interpreted the words "between your brethren" in to teach judges to make a scrupulous division of liability between the lower and the upper parts of a house, and Rabbi Judah interpreted the words "and the stranger that is with him" in to teach judges to make a scrupulous division of liability even between a stove and an oven.