(A)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [a]subverts the cause of the just.

(B)You shall not oppress a [b]stranger, since you yourselves know the [c]feelings of a [d]stranger, for you also were [e]strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Sabbath and Land

10 (C)You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words
  2. Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)
  3. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul
  4. Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)
  5. Exodus 23:9 Or sojourner(s)