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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 23:5 in context
Exodus 23:2–8
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“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
3
You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
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“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
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Selected verse
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.
6
“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
8
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
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