Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:

1. To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6, and Exodus 23:…

The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to th…

And thou shalt take no gift. This kind of theft is the worst of all, when judges are corrupted either by bribes or by affection, and thus …

And you shall take no gift
Of the persons whose cause is to be tried in a court of judicature before judges; neither…

In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Everything in it is suited to the desired and avowed…