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Exodus 23:1-9

1Thou shaltnotacceptafalsereportשֵׁ֣מַעShe.ma'H8088;extendnotthyhandיָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.KhaH3027tothewickedרָשָׁ֔עra.Sha'H7563,tobeלִהְיֹ֖תlih.YotH1961anunrighteouswitnessעֵ֥ד'edH5707.

2Thou shaltnotfollowthemultitudeforevilH7451;neithershalt thouanswerH6030inacauseH7379,togoafterthemultitudetopervert[judgment].

3Neithershalt thou favourapoorוְדָ֕לve.DalH1800maninhiscauseH7379.

4—Ifthoumeetתִפְגַּ֞עtif.Ga'H6293thine enemy'soxשׁ֧וֹרShorH7794orhisassgoingH7725astrayH8582, thou shaltcertainlybringH7725itbackH7725tohim.

5Ifthouseeתִרְאֶ֞הtir.'EhH7200theassofhimthathateth theelyingH7257underitsburdenH4853, bewareofleavingH5800[it]tohim: thou shaltcertainlyloosen [it]withhim.

6Thou shaltnotpervertthejudgmentH4941ofthypoorinhiscauseH7379.

7Thou shaltkeepfarH7368fromthecauseoffalsehoodשֶׁ֖קֶרShe.kerH8267;andtheinnocentוְנָקִ֤יve.na.KiH5355andrighteousוְצַדִּיק֙ve.tza.DikH6662slayH2026not;forIwillnotjustifyH6663thewickedרָשָֽׁע׃ra.Sha'H7563.

8Andthou shalttakeתִקָּ֑חti.KachH3947nobribeוְשֹׁ֖חַדve.Sho.chadH7810;forthebribeהַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ha.Sho.chadH7810blindeththosewhose eyesareopen,andperverteththewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftherighteousצַדִּיקִֽים׃tza.di.KimH6662.

9Andthestrangerthou shaltnotoppressתִלְחָ֑ץtil.ChatzH3905;foryeknowH3045thespiritofthestranger,foryehavebeenH1961strangersinthelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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