sSee Ex. 22:21, 22
Exodus 18:21
21Moreover, look for aable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Exodus 23:2-3
2You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, 3 bnor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.Exodus 23:7-8
7 cKeep far from a false charge, and ddo not kill the innocent and righteous, for eI will not acquit the wicked. 8 fAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.Leviticus 19:35
35 g“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.Deuteronomy 1:17
17 hYou shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for ithe judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall jbring to me, and I will hear it.’Deuteronomy 16:19
19 kYou shall not pervert justice. lYou shall not show partiality, mand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.Deuteronomy 25:13-16
13“You nshall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15A full and fair ▼▼Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse
weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, pthat your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16For qall who do such things, all who act dishonestly, rare an abomination to the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 27:19
19 s“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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