A Call for Justice

​A Call for Justice

(God continued His instructions to Moses, for the people of the covenant.) “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand. 

“You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. 

When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice. 

And do not slant your testimony, in favor of a person, just because that person is poor. 

“If you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey, which has strayed away, take it back to its owner. 

If you see that the donkey, of someone who hates you, has collapsed under its load, do not just walk by (and do nothing). 

Instead, stop and help. 

“In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor. 

“Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. 

Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death… for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent. 

“Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth. 

“You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners, in Egypt. 

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“Plant and harvest your crops for six years… but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. 

Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. 

Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. 

The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves. 

“You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. 

This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed. 

“Pay close attention to all My instructions. 

You must not call on the name of any other gods. 

Do not even speak their names. 

Exodus 23:1–13 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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