New English Translation

Exodus 23:1-4 New English Translation (NET)

1. “You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

2. “You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

3. and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

4. “If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.