Exodus 23:7-9
Legacy Standard Bible
7 (A)Keep far from a [a]false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for (C)I will not justify the guilty.
8 “(D)And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [b]subverts the cause of the [c]just.
9 “(E)And you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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- Exodus 23:7 Lit lying word
- Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words
- Exodus 23:8 Or righteous
Exodus 23:7-9
New International Version
7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “Do not oppress a foreigner;(F) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
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