Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

In Context

2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.

Deuteronomy 5:20Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, And where is the son of thy master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

1 Kings 21:10And the son of Ader sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for + 21:10 The LXX. read שועליס for שעליס.foxes to all the people, even my infantry.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:1

This chapter continues and concludes the acts that passed in the first session (if I may so call it) upon Mount Sinai. Here are, I. Some laws of universal obligation, relating especially to the ninth commandment, against bearing false witness ( ver. 1 ), and giving false judgment, ver. 2, 3 , 6-8 . Also a law of doing good to our enemies ( ver. 4, 5 ), and not oppressing strangers, ver. 9 . II. Some laws peculiar to the Jews. The sabbatical year ( ver. 10, 11 ), the three annual feasts ( ver. 14-17 ), with some… Read the whole commentary →

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