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Keep your distance from a false charge. Do not put those who are innocent and those who are righteous to death, for I will not acquit[a] the wicked.

You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and distorts the words of the righteous.

You shall not oppress a resident alien, for you know how it feels to be an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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  1. Exodus 23:7 Or justify

Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)

“Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(F) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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