Exodus 23:1-9
Laws of Justice and Mercy
1
“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2
“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 show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4
“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.
5
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
“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7
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
“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9
“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
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