Exodus 23:1-9

Various Laws

¹“You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness. ²You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to join together with a crowd in order to pervert justice; ³nor shall you show favor to a poor person in his dispute.

⁴“If you encounter your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you must return it to him. ⁵If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave it helpless for its owner; you must arrange the load with him.

⁶“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. ⁷Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

⁸“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

⁹“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Sabbath and the Land

Three National Feasts

Conquest of the Land