Verse 6

Exodus 23:6

Free Bible Version

6 Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְ/ךָ֖ בְּ/רִיבֽ/וֹ

English Translation

You shall not distort the judgment of your poor in their dispute.

AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini

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Chapter 23 Context

1 “You must not spread stories that are lies. You must not help bad people by giving evidence that's m... Focus ↗

2 Don't follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give evidence in a lawsuit, don't corrupt justice by... Focus ↗

3 If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey that has wandered off, take it back to him. Focus ↗

4 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it t... Focus ↗

5 Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do rig... Focus ↗

6 Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest...

7 Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, f... Focus ↗

8 Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops, Focus ↗

9 but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may ea... Focus ↗

10 You have six days to do your work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, so that your ox and... Focus ↗

11 Make sure to pay attention to everything I've told you. Don't think to call on the names of other go... Focus ↗

12 You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread as I instructed you. You are to eat bread withou... Focus ↗

13 You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from... Focus ↗

14 You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices together with anything that contains yeast, and the fa... Focus ↗

15 Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God (Elohim). Don't cook a yo... Focus ↗

16 Look, I'm sending an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to take you to the place I've... Focus ↗

17 Make sure you pay attention to him and do what he says. Don't oppose him, because he won't forgive r... Focus ↗

18 However, if you listen to him carefully, and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy... Focus ↗

19 For my angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,... Focus ↗

20 You must not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their pagan practices. No, you must de... Focus ↗

21 You are to worship the Lord your God (Elohim), and he will bless your food and water. I will make su... Focus ↗

22 No woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will make sure you live long lives. Focus ↗

23 I will send terror about me ahead of you which will throw every nation you meet into panic. I will m... Focus ↗

24 I will not drive them out in just one year, because the land would become desolate and you would hav... Focus ↗

25 Bit by bit I will drive them out ahead of you, until there are enough of you to take possession of t... Focus ↗

26 I will fix your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the E... Focus ↗

27 They must not be allowed to stay in your land, otherwise they will lead you to sin against me. For i... Focus ↗

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