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Exodus, Chapter 23, verses 1-9

¹ “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. ² You shall not follow^a Lit many menthe masses in doing evil, nor shall you^b Or answertestify in a dispute so as to turn aside after^c Lit many mena multitude in order to pervert justice; ³ nor shall you^d Lit honorbe partial to a poor man in his dispute.	1 Exo 20:16 Lev 19:11 Deu 5:20 Psa 101:5 Pro 10:18 Deu 19:16-21 Psa 35:11 Pro 19:5 Act 6:11 2 Deu 16:19 Deu 24:17 3 Exo 23:6 Lev 19:15 Deu 1:17 Deu 16:19
⁴ “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. ⁵ 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.	4 Deu 22:1-4 5 Deu 22:4
⁶ “You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. ⁷ Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.	6 Exo 23:2 Exo 23:3 Lev 19:15 7 Exo 20:16 Psa 119:29 Eph 4:25 Exo 20:13 Deu 27:25 Exo 34:7 Deu 25:1 Rom 1:18
⁸ “You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and^e Or distorts the wordssubverts the cause of the just.	8 Deu 10:17 Deu 16:19 Pro 15:27 Pro 17:8 Pro 17:23 Isa 5:22 Isa 5:23
⁹ “You shall not oppress a^f Or sojourner(s)stranger, since you yourselves know the^g Lit soulfeelings of a^h Or sojourner(s)stranger, for you also wereⁱ Or sojourner(s)strangers in the land of Egypt.	9 Exo 22:21 Lev 19:33 Deu 24:17 Deu 27:19


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