Exodus 23:7

+ 23:7. Ex 23:7 (Ex 23:6-9, 23:1-3) (#9.556): T. Do not commit fraud ·deception / wrongful criminal accusation for personal or financial gain· and do not cause the death of the innocent or the upright / R. The court must not execute anybody on circumstantial evidence, but on the evidence of two eye witnesses “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

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In The King James Version

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

In Context

6+ 23:6. Ex 23:6 (Ex 23:3, 23:1-9) (#10.585): T. Not to deny a poor person his rights in a lawsuit / R. A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor R. Note: Oral Tradition specifies this poor person is one observant of Torah ·Teaching· “You shall not deny right judgement to your poor people in their lawsuits.

8+ 23:8. Ex 23:8 (Ex 23:1-9) (#9.557): T. Not to accept a bribe / R. Judges must not accept bribes “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:1+ 23:1. Ex 23:1 (Ex 23:1-3) (#9.551): T. Not to repeat false rumors nor spread a false report / R. Not to hear one of the parties in a case if the other party is absent / R. Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present “You shall not spread a false report. + 23:1. Ex 23:1 (Ex 23:1-3) (#9.552): T. “Don’t join hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness” (v1) / R. The habitual transgressor shall not testify / R. Transgressors must not testify Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Leviticus 19:11+ 19:11. Lev 19:11 (#8.501): T. Not to steal from each other / R. Not to steal money stealthily “‘You shall not steal from, + 19:11. Lev 19:11 (#9.559): T. Not to deal falsely with or defraud ·illegal acquisition of money by deception· each other / R. Not to falsely deny another’s claim to property / R. Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you defraud, + 19:11. Lev 19:11 (#9.560): T. Not to lie to each other / R. Not to swear falsely in denial of another’s claim to property or lie to one another.

Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘ Amen ·So be it·.’

Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the upright, 2 and condemn as guilty the innocent blood. 1

Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, 2 but the offspring of the upright will be delivered. 1

Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; 2 who put darkness for light, 2 and light for darkness; 1 who put bitter for sweet, 2 and sweet for bitter! 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10

Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →

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