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You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
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The Blinding Power of Bribery
Commentators explain that God forbids bribery because it is a 'fatal poison' to justice. The verse clarifies that a bribe actively 'blindeth them that have sight,' meaning no one, regardless of their wisdom or integrity, can remain impartial once a gift is accepted. It fundamentally corrupts a person's ability to see a situation clearly and judge rightly.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:
To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6, and Exodus 23:…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
