Exodus 23:3 meaning and explanation

And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Exodus 23:3, Berean Standard Bible

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These laws are given by God to Israel at Sinai, addressing how courts and witnesses must act. Verse 3 sits between warnings against following a crowd and against denying justice to the poor, and it forbids the opposite error: favoring a poor man simply because he is poor.

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