🔥WEB · Exodus 23:6

What does Exodus 23:6 mean?

"“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits."

— Exodus 23:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

3

You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.

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 him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

6

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

8

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9

“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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