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1 “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
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“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2 “You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist 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 And do not slant your testimony in favor of a person just because that person is poor.
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and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4 “If you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.
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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 that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, do not walk by. Instead, stop and help.
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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 “In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor.
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“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
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Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8 “Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.
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“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
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