You must not take a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words[a] of the righteous. You must not oppress a foreign resident;(B) you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Sabbaths and Festivals

10 “Sow your land for six years and gather its produce.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:8 Or and subverts the cause

“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(B) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Sabbath Laws

10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,

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