Exodus 22:27-23:5

Complete Jewish Bible

(iv) ²⁷⁽²⁸⁾“You are not to curse God, and you are not to curse a leader of your people.

²⁸⁽²⁹⁾“You are not to delay offering from your harvest of grain, olive oil or wine.

“The firstborn of your sons you are to give to me. ²⁹⁽³⁰⁾You are to do the same with your oxen and your sheep — it is to stay with its mother seven days, and on the eighth day you are to give it to me.

³⁰⁽³¹⁾“You are to be my specially separated people. Therefore you are not to eat any flesh torn by wild animals in the countryside; rather, throw it out for the dogs.

23 “You are not to repeat false rumors; do not join hands with the wicked by offering perjured testimony. ²Do not follow the crowd when it does what is wrong; and don’t allow the popular view to sway you into offering testimony for any cause if the effect will be to pervert justice. ³On the other hand, don’t favor a person’s lawsuit simply because he is poor.

⁴“If you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey straying, you must return it to him. ⁵If you see the donkey which belongs to someone who hates you lying down helpless under its load, you are not to pass him by but to go and help him free it.