Exodus 23:1–13

^d“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^emalicious witness. ²You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, ^3fnor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

^4g“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. ⁵If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

^6h“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. ^7dKeep far from a false charge, and ⁱdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for ^jI will not acquit the wicked. ^8kAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

^9l“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals

^10m“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, ¹¹but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

¹²ⁿ“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

^13o“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.