23:1 1 “You must not give 2 a false report. 3 Do not make common cause 4 with the wicked 5 to be a malicious 6 witness.
23:2 “You must not follow a crowd 7 in doing evil things; 8 in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice, 9 23:3 and you must not show partiality 10 to a poor man in his lawsuit.
23:4 “If you encounter 11 your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return 12 it to him. 23:5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, 13 but be sure to help 14 him with it. 15
23:6 “You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits. 23:7 Keep your distance 16 from a false charge 17 – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, 18 for I will not justify the wicked. 19
23:8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see 20 and subverts the words of the righteous.
23:9 “You must not oppress 21 a foreigner, since you know the life 22 of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
23:10 23 “For six years 24 you are to sow your land and gather in its produce. 23:11 But in the seventh year 25 you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field 26 may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove. 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and any hired help 27 may refresh themselves. 28
23:13 “Pay attention to do 29 everything I have told you, and do not even mention 30 the names of other gods – do not let them be heard on your lips. 31