⁸ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

¹⁸ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

²⁵ Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

³ And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.