Spiritual Quote of the Day (Book of Exodus, With Laws of Justice)

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness. You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice; nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit….

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit. Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

“You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”—Exodus 23: 1-3, 6-9 (Revised Standard Version)

Moses, the prototypical Judeo-Christian lawgiver, is depicted in the image accompanying this post, Moses With the Ten Commandments. It was created in 1659 by the Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, AKA Rembrandt (1606-1669).