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If a donkey is overloaded and falls down, you must do what you can to help, even if it belongs to someone who doesn't like you.[a]

(A) Make sure that the poor are given equal justice in court. Don't bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won't forgive you if you do.

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  1. 23.5 you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 5.

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