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And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous. And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings[a] of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Regulations Regarding Work and Festivals

10 “‘And six years you will sow your land and gather its yield.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:9 Or “inner self” or “soul”

“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(B) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Sabbath Laws

10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,

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