23“ ‘You will not spread^a a false report. Do not lift your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. ²You will not follow^b a majority^c for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority^d to pervert justice. ³You will not be partial to a powerless person^e in his legal dispute.

⁴“ ‘If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him. ⁵If you see the donkey of your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange^f it with him.

⁶“ ‘You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute. ⁷You will stay far from a false charge,^g and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, because I will not declare the wicked righteous.^h ⁸And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous. ⁹And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelingsⁱ of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Regulations Regarding Work and Festivals

¹⁰“ ‘And six years you will sow your land and gather its yield. ¹¹But the seventh you will let it rest and leave it fallow, and the poor of your people will eat, and their remainder the animals^j of the field will eat. You will do likewise for your vineyard and for your olive trees.

¹²“ ‘Six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you will stop so that your ox and your donkey will rest and the son of your slave woman and the alien will be refreshed.

¹³“ ‘And you will be attentive to all that I have said to you, and you will not profess^k the name of other gods; it will not be heard in your mouth.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “lift”
bLiterally “be behind”
cOr “many” or “the many”
dOr “many” or “the many”
eOr “a poor person”
fOr “restore” or “put in order”
gLiterally “word of deception”
hOr “treat as innocent” or “acquit”
iOr “inner self” or “soul”
jHebrew “animal”
kLiterally “cause to remember,” “bring to remembrance,” or “mention” in prayer or praise