Exodus 23:1-9
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Summary
- Various instructions related to the problem of favoritism and injustice. Many of the instructions are related to the Ninth Commandment.
Details and/or Comments
Truthfulness
- No slander or false testimony.
- No yielding to peer pressure.
- No favoritism, for or against the poor.
- Do not participate in false judging, or allow yourself to be influenced in that direction.
Kindness
- Kindness to your enemy, even in the way you treat his animals (if they are in need).
- kindness to foreigners. You (Israel) know what it's like to be a foreigner.
Scripture
Exodus 23:1-9 – Kindness, not favoritism or injustice;
- Many of these instructions are related to the Ninth Commandment. See also: Injustice.
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Exo 23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. |
Not distorting the truth. |
| Exo 23:2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; | Not following the crowd. |
| Exo 23:3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause. | No favoritism in favor of the poor. |
| Exo 23:4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Exo 23:5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it. |
Doing what's right for your enemy. |
| Exo 23:6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. | No favoritism against the poor. |
| Exo 23:7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exo 23:8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. |
Not taking sides with those who are in the wrong. |
| Exo 23:9 "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt. | Not oppressing the foreigners. |
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Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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