Verse 2

Exodus 23:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹֽא תִהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרֵֽי רַבִּ֖ים לְ/רָעֹ֑ת וְ/לֹא תַעֲנֶ֣ה עַל רִ֗ב לִ/נְטֹ֛ת אַחֲרֵ֥י רַבִּ֖ים לְ/הַטֹּֽת
English Translation
You shall not follow a multitude for evil, and you shall not testify in a dispute to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice.
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Chapter 23 Context
1 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent w... Focus ↗
2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after man...
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife. Focus ↗
4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him... Focus ↗
5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased... Focus ↗
6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; Focus ↗
7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; fo... Focus ↗
8 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of... Focus ↗
9 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojou... Focus ↗
10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase; Focus ↗
11 and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and... Focus ↗
12 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine a... Focus ↗
13 and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not men... Focus ↗
14 'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year; Focus ↗
15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have... Focus ↗
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feas... Focus ↗
17 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah. Focus ↗
18 'Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival... Focus ↗
19 the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God (E... Focus ↗
20 'Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the pla... Focus ↗
21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth... Focus ↗
22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been... Focus ↗
23 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and... Focus ↗
24 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost... Focus ↗
25 'And ye have served Jehovah your God (Elohim), and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I ha... Focus ↗
26 there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil: Focus ↗
27 My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I h... Focus ↗
28 'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hit... Focus ↗
29 I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of th... Focus ↗
30 little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the... Focus ↗
31 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wild... Focus ↗
32 thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods; Focus ↗
33 they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods,... Focus ↗