Chapter 23
1
You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
2
You shall not go after the many to do evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to side with the many to pervert justice.
3
Do not favor a poor person in his lawsuit.
4
If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey straying, you shall return it to him.
5
If you see the donkey of the one you hate lying down under its burden, do not leave it there—you shall surely help him with it.
6
You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor person in his dispute.
7
Keep far from a lying word, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not justify a wicked person.
8
And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those with open eyes and perverts the words of the righteous.
9
And you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the nephesh of a stranger, since you were strangers in the land of Egypt.