Exodus 23:6-8 (ESV)
6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Before understanding the above command of God through Moses, it would be good to read David’s words stated much later than Moses’:
Psalm 15
1 O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent?
Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
and speaks truth in his heart;
3 who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the LORD;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
God is concerned about justice. He is a God of justice. Therefore He expects His children to be of justice as well. God was sending the nation to live among the Gentile nations to be their light. Light can’t have a tint of darkness and still be light. Injustice is the avenue of darkness. Bribes in particular are a slight of hand in regard to truth. God does not take bribes. We can’t buy Him off.
Micah 6:8 (ESV)
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
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