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The reference is to taking bribes which lead to the death of the innocent, probably in a judicial context. Such bribes are of course “under the counter,” secret. This is of course in reference to the ninth commandment, forbidding bearing false witness. (see Exodus 20:16 and, more specifically, Exodus 23:7-8)
Exodus 23:7
Israelite judges were to be very cautious about inflicting capital punishment on one whose guilt was not clearly proved. A doubtful case was rather to be left to God Himself, who would not justify the wicked or suffer him to go unpunished though he might be acquitted by an earthly tribunal.
Exodus 23:6-9
Every one of these principles has to do with equity—judging impartially. Even a person who was not even a citizen, a stranger, was supposed to be dealt with in a fair manner—an equitable manner—because Israel had known much oppression in Egypt.
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