Keep thee far from a false matter
Or "word" F26; from receiving a false testimony,
or taking the false or wrong side of a cause, or engaging in a
bad one; keep aloof off from it, as much at a distance from it as
possible:
and the innocent and the righteous slay thou
not;
that is, do not condemn them to death, nor join with the majority
in their condemnation, if they appear to be innocent and
righteous; nor give orders, or join in giving orders to the
executioner to put such to death. The Targum of Jonathan is,
``he that goes righteous out of the house of thy judgment (out of the sanhedrim, to which he belonged), and they find out his sin (afterwards), and he that goes out guilty, and they (afterwards) find out his righteousness, do not slay:''for I will not justify the wicked: