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Exodus 23:3-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

3. Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his trial [just because he is poor].

4. If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5. If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying [helpless] under his load, you shall refrain from leaving the man to cope with it alone; you shall help him to release the animal.

6. You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his cause.

7. Keep far from a false matter and [be very careful] not to condemn to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the wicked.

8. You shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.

9. Also you shall not oppress a temporary resident, for you know the heart of a stranger and sojourner, seeing you were strangers and sojourners in Egypt.

10. Six years you shall sow your land and reap its yield.

11. But the seventh year you shall release it and let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat [what the land voluntarily yields], and what they leave the wild beasts shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and olive grove.

12. Six days you shall do your work, but the seventh day you shall rest and keep Sabbath, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your bondwoman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

13. In all I have said to you take heed; do not mention the name of other gods [either in blessing or cursing]; do not let such speech be heard from your mouth.

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