Exodus 23:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸“Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of good people.

⁹“Do not treat outsiders badly. You yourselves know how it feels to be outsiders. Remember, you were outsiders in Egypt.

¹⁰“For six years plant your fields and gather your crops.

Exodus 23:8-10

New International Version

⁸“Do not accept a bribe,^(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

⁹“Do not oppress a foreigner;^(B) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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

⁸And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

⁹Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

¹⁰And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

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