Exodus 23:2

Thou 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.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

In Context

1Thou 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.

3Also thou schalt not haue mercy of a pore man in a `cause, ethir doom. + 23:3 for iust doom accepteth no person.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:1Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.

Genesis 19:7and seide, Y biseche, nyle ye, my britheren, nyle ye do this yuel.

Exodus 32:1Forsothe the puple siy, that Moises made tariyng to come doun fro the hil, and it was gaderid ayens Aaron, and seide, Rise thou, and make goddis to vs, that schulen go bifore vs, for we witen not what bifelde to this Moises, that ladde vs out of the lond of Egipt.

Numbers 14:1Therfor al the cumpeny criede, and wepte in that nyyt,

Deuteronomy 16:19and bowe not in `to the tother part for fauour, ethir yifte `ayens equete. Thou schalt not take persoone nether yiftis, for whi yiftis blynden the iyen of wise men, `and chaungen the wordis of iust men.

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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