Schemot 23:8 Halacha: Sefer HaChinukh

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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