Chiasm in Exodus 23:1-8
A 1 “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. Exodus 23:1WEB B 2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice. Exodus 23:2WEB C 3 You shall not favor a poor man in his cause. Exodus 23:3WEB D 4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. Exodus 23:4WEB D' 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. Exodus 23:5WEB C' 6 “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. Exodus 23:6WEB B' 7 “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked. Exodus 23:7WEB A' 8 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. Exodus 23:8WEB Exodus 23:1-8
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