Exo_23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Ver. 8. And thou shalt take no gift.] Rain is good, and ground is good; yet Ex eorum coniunctione fit lutum, saith Stapleton. So giving is kind, and taking is courteous, yet the mixing of them makes the smooth paths of justice foul and uneven.