Exodus 23:1-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
Sundry Laws
23 “(A)You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness. 2 You shall not follow [a]the masses in doing evil, nor shall you [b]testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after [c]a multitude in order to (C)pervert justice; 3 (D)nor shall you [d]be partial to a poor man in his dispute.
4 “(E)If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5 (F)If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.
6 “(G)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. 7 (H)Keep far from a false charge, and (I)do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for (J)I will not acquit the guilty.
8 “(K)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [e]subverts the cause of the just.
9 “(L)You shall not oppress a [f]stranger, since you yourselves know the [g]feelings of a [h]stranger, for you also were [i]strangers in the land of Egypt.
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- Exodus 23:2 Lit many men
- Exodus 23:2 Or answer
- Exodus 23:2 Lit many men
- Exodus 23:3 Lit honor
- Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words
- Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)
- Exodus 23:9 Lit soul
- Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)
- Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)
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