a fellow human being (Matthew 12:9–14; see also Luke 14:1–6; John 5:1–18)! 6. “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. While Exodus 23:3 banned the Israelites’ favoring a poor person in legal proceedings merely because of his or her poverty, the verse before us forbids the opposite. Considered alongside Leviticus 19:15, God’s rule is clear: that anyone involved in a dispute, especially a witness or a judge, must decide fairly without regard