Today, I am reading and commenting on Exodus 22-24.
I am never quite sure what to write on this passage, but I am also always struck by the laws of what I consider basic justice contained in this passage:
- Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner
- Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless
- Do not spread false reports
- Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong
- Do not show favoritism to the poor
- Do not deny justice to the poor
There are a few more, but the first two and the last two I listed above give us an important reminder about what true justice is. True justice rejects the idea of using the fact that we have greater power than others to deprive them of they are due, and it neither favors the poor over the well-to-do, nor does it allow the wealthy to use their wealth to escape accountability for their wrongdoing.
I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.