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1 " 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.
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“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2 You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].
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“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
3 You will not be partial to a powerless [person] in his legal dispute.
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and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4 " 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him
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“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.
5 If you see the donkey of your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange [it] with him.
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If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
6 " 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
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“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
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