Halakhah zu Schemot 23:8
וְשֹׁ֖חַד לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח כִּ֤י הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃
Bestechung nimm nicht, denn Bestechung blendet den Hellsehenden und verdreht die Worte der Gerechten.
Sefer HaChinukh
To not take a bribe: That the judge not take a bribe from the litigants - even to judge truthfully - as it is stated (Exodus 23:8), "And you shall not take a bribe." And this negative commandment is repeated in the Torah about this matter in another place (Deuteronomy 16:19). And so did they say in Sifrei Devarim 144:10, "'You shall not take a bribe' - even to make the innocent, innocent and the liable, liable."
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