Exodus 23:1–13

¹“^aYou shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a ^bmalicious witness.

²“You shall not follow ¹the masses in doing evil, nor shall you ²testify in a case so as to turn aside after ³the masses in order to ^4acause justice to be turned aside;

^3anor shall you ¹be partial to a poor man in his case.

⁴“^aIf you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

⁵“^aIf you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.

⁶“^aYou shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.

⁷“^aKeep far from a ¹false charge, and ^bdo not kill the innocent or the righteous, for ^cI will not justify the guilty.

⁸“^aAnd you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and ¹subverts the cause of the ²just.

⁹“^aAnd you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Judgments About Work and Rest

¹⁰“^aNow you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its produce,

¹¹but on the seventh year you shall let it ¹rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. Thus you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹²“^aSix days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall ¹rest so that your ox and your donkey may ²rest, and the son of your maidservant, as well as your sojourner, may refresh themselves.

¹³“Now ^aconcerning everything which I have said to you, beware; and ^bdo not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard ¹from your mouth.