New American Standard Bible 2020
Exodus 23:1-9
1“1You shall not giveH5375 a falseH7723 reportH8088; do not joinH7896 your handH3027 with a wickedH7563 personH7563 to be a 2maliciousH2555 witnessH5707. 2You shall not followH1961H310 3the crowdH7227 in doing evilH7463, norH3808 shall you 4testifyH6030 in a disputeH7379 so as to joinH5186 togetherH310 with 5a crowdH7227 in order to 6pervertH5186 justice; 37norH3808 shall you 8showH1921 favorH1921 to a poorH1800 personH1800 in his disputeH7379.
4“9IfH3588 you encounterH6293 your enemy’sH340 oxH7794 orH176 his donkeyH2543 wanderingH8582 awayH8582, you mustH7725 returnH7725 it to him. 510IfH3588 you seeH7200 the donkeyH2543 of one who hatesH8130 you lyingH7257 helpless underH8478 its loadH4853, you shall not leaveH5800 it helpless for 11its owner; you mustH5800 arrangeH5800 the load with him.
6“12You shall not pervertH5186 the justiceH4941 due to your needyH34 brother in his disputeH7379. 713KeepH7368 farH7368 from a falseH8267 chargeH1697, and 14do not killH2026 the innocentH5355 or the righteousH6662, for 15I will not acquitH6663 the guiltyH7563.
8“16You shall not takeH3947 a bribeH7810, for a bribeH7810 blindsH5786 the clear-sightedH6493 and 17subvertsH5557 the causeH1697 of the justH6662.
9“18You shall not oppressH3905 a strangerH1616, since you yourselvesH864 knowH3045 the 19feelingsH5315 of a strangerH1616, for you also were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
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 ↩
- 4. Exodus 23:2 Or answer ↩
- 5. Exodus 23:2 Lit many ↩
- 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 23:5 Lit him ↩
- 12. Exodus 23:6 Ex 23:2, 3; Lev 19:15 ↩
- 13. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:16; Ps 119:29; Eph 4:25 ↩
- 14. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:13; Deut 27:25 ↩
- 15. Exodus 23:7 Ex 34:7; Deut 25:1; Rom 1:18 ↩
- 16. Exodus 23:8 Deut 10:17; 16:19; Prov 15:27; 17:8, 23; Is 5:22, 23 ↩
- 17. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words ↩
- 18. Exodus 23:9 Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33f; Deut 24:17f; 27:19 ↩
- 19. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul ↩
Commentaries on Exodus 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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