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When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to set it free.[a]

You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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  1. Exodus 23:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

If you see the donkey(A) of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

“Do not deny justice(B) to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have nothing to do with a false charge(C) and do not put an innocent(D) or honest person to death,(E) for I will not acquit the guilty.(F)

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