Exodus 23:6 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

KJV

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ASV

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

WEB

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

YLT

`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

DBT

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

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): " Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the poor; remember they are thy poor, bone of thy bone, thy poor neighbours, thy poor brethren; let them not therefore fare the worse for being poor." (4.) They must dread the thoughts of assisting or abetting a bad cause (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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EXO 23:6MAL 3:5 JAS 5:8-9
EXO 23:6LEV 19:15 DEU 27:19
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EXO 23:6MAL 3:5 HEB 13:4
EXO 23:6LEV 19:15 DEU 1:17
EXO 23:6MAL 3:5 DEU 5:11
EXO 23:6MAL 3:5 JAS 5:4
EXO 23:6LEV 19:15 PRO 24:23
EXO 23:6LEV 19:15 EXO 23:2-3

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