New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 23:1-7

1“1You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a 2malicious witness. 2You shall not follow 3the masses in doing evil, nor shall you 4testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after 5a multitude in order to 6pervert justice; 3 7nor shall you 8be partial to a poor man in his dispute.

4“9If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5 10If 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.

6“11You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. 7 12Keep far from a false charge, and 13do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for 14I will not acquit the guilty.

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Notes

1. Exodus 23:1 Ex 20:16; Lev 19:11f; Deut 5:20; Ps 101:5; Prov 10:18 ↩
2. Exodus 23:1 Deut 19:16-21; Ps 35:11; Prov 19:5; Acts 6:11 ↩
3. Exodus 23:2 Lit many men ↩
4. Exodus 23:2 Or answer ↩
5. Exodus 23:2 Lit many men ↩
6. Exodus 23:2 Deut 16:19; 24:17 ↩
7. Exodus 23:3 Ex 23:6; Lev 19:15; Deut 1:17; 16:19 ↩
8. Exodus 23:3 Lit honor ↩
9. Exodus 23:4 Deut 22:1-4 ↩
10. Exodus 23:5 Deut 22:4 ↩
11. Exodus 23:6 Ex 23:2, 3; Lev 19:15 ↩
12. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:16; Ps 119:29; Eph 4:25 ↩
13. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:13; Deut 27:25 ↩
14. Exodus 23:7 Ex 34:7; Deut 25:1; Rom 1:18 ↩

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