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Exodus 23:6-7
New English Translation
Exodus 23:6-7
New English Translation
6 “You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Keep your distance[a] from a false charge[b]—do not kill the innocent and the righteous,[c] for I will not justify the wicked.[d]
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- Exodus 23:7 tn Or “stay away from,” or “have nothing to do with.”
- Exodus 23:7 tn Heb “a false matter,” this expression in this context would have to be a case in law that was false or that could only be won by falsehood.
- Exodus 23:7 tn The two clauses probably should be related: the getting involved in the false charge could lead to the death of an innocent person (so, e.g., Naboth in 1 Kgs 21:10-13).
- Exodus 23:7 sn God will not declare right the one who is in the wrong. Society should also be consistent, but it cannot see the intents and motives, as God can.
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