² “You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.^{(A) 3} Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

⁶ “You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit. ⁷ Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.^{(A) 8} You must not take a bribe,^(B) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words^[a] of the righteous. ⁹ You must not oppress a foreign resident;^(C) you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

⁹ The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands^(A) with children,^[a] the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,