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Exodus 23:1-9. Justice without distortion. Camp elders listen to two disputants without favoritism; witnesses stand separately. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 23:1-9

Justice without distortion

Story guide: Israel is told to reject false witness and bribes, and to judge fairly and help even an enemy.

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1You shall not spread a false report. Do not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

2You shall not follow the many to do evil, and you shall not testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after the many, to pervert justice.

3And you shall not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

4If you come upon your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you must surely return it to him.

5If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its load, and would refrain from helping him, you must surely help with him.

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

7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

8And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and twists the words of the righteous.

9You shall not oppress a sojourner, and you yourselves know the soul of the sojourner, because you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

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