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Bribe

Easton's Bible Dictionary

None to be taken; “for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous” (Exod 23:8, literally rendered).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bribery

brib'-er-i (shochadh, "a gift," in a corrupt sense, "a bribe"): The Hebrew law condemns everything that would tend to impair the impartial administration of justice, particularly the giving and receiving of gifts or bribes, in order to pervert judgment (Exod 23:8). Allusions are frequent to the prevailing corruption of oriental judges and rulers. "And fire shall consume the tents of bribery" (Job 15:34; 1 Sam 8:3; Ps 26:10; Isa 1:23; Isa 33:15; Ezek 22:12). Samuel speaks of a "ransom" in the sense of a bribe: "Of whose hand have I taken a ransom (kopher, "covering," the King James Version "bribe") to blind mine eyes therewith?" (1 Sam 12:3; Amos 5:12; compare Amos 2:6).

See Crimes; Justice; Punishments.

L. Kaiser

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