How a Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai 23:8

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"And you shall take no bribe" (Exodus 23:8)... "for the bribe blinds"... Another interpretation: "for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise" — he declares the impure pure and the pure impure. "And it twists the words of the righteous" — he declares the forbidden permitted and the permitted forbidden.

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Divine JusticeWisdomEthics

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