Exodus 23:1

Thou schalt not resseyue a vois of leesyng, nether thou schalt ioyne + 23:1 ioyne, in Ebreu it is, thou schalt not reise thyn hond. thin hond, + 23:1 thyn hond, that is, make couenaunt ether biheete. that thou seie fals witnessyng for a wickid man.

Wycliffe (portions)

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 schalt not sue the cumpanye to do yuel, nether thou schalt ascente to the sentence of ful many men in doom, that thou go awey fro treuthe.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.

Leviticus 19:11Ye schulen not do thefte. Ye schulen not lye, and no man disseyue his neiybour.

Deuteronomy 5:20Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.

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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