Exodus 23:1-9
Sundry Laws
1 “(A)You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.
2 You shall not follow (a)the masses in doing evil, nor shall you (b)testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after (c)a multitude in order to (C)pervert justice;
3 (D)nor shall you (d)be partial to a poor man in his dispute.
4 “(E)If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.
5 (F)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.
6 “(G)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
7 (H)Keep far from a false charge, and (I)do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for (J)I will not acquit the guilty.
Footnotes:
a.
Exodus 23:2: ['Lit ', many men]
b.
Exodus 23:2: ['Or ', answer]
c.
Exodus 23:2: ['Lit ', many men]
d.
Exodus 23:3: ['Lit ', honor]
e.
Exodus 23:8: ['Or ', distorts the words]
f.
Exodus 23:9: ['Or ', sojourner(s)]
g.
Exodus 23:9: ['Lit ', soul]
h.
Exodus 23:9: ['Or ', sojourner(s)]
i.
Exodus 23:9: ['Or ', sojourner(s)]