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Exodus 23:2
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1 “You ashall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an bunrighteous witness.  
2 aYou shall not follow a crowd to do evil; bnor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.  
3 You shall not show partiality to a apoor man in his dispute.  
4 a“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.  
5 aIf you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.  
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Exodus 23:1-3

These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare I Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11.

Exodus 23:2

This verse might be more strictly rendered, "Thou shalt not follow the many to evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause so as to incline after the many to pervert justice."

Exodus 23:3

Countenance - Rather, show partiality to a man' s cause because he is poor (compare Leviticus 19:15).

These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare I Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 23:2:

Exodus 23:1-3
John 7:51
Acts 23:3

 

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