Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 23:7

7 Keep thee far from a false matter : and the innocent and righteous slay thou not : for I will not justifie the wicked .

(i. e.) Abstain from all occasions, degrees, or appearances of it. Compare Iob 22. 23. Prov. 4. 14, 15.

(i. e.) An unrighteous judgment: for he is speaking to the Judges, as appears both by the foregoing and following verses.

Condemn not to death, nor to any other unjust penalty, for the same reason.

And therefore not condemn the innocent, one contrary being here understood from the other, as is frequent in the book of the Proverbs, and what I do not, thou who actest in my name and stead shouldest not do. Or rather thus, Know O Judge, for to such he speaks, if thou dost pronounce such a wicked sentence, I will not justifie thee, or hold thee guiltless, i. e. I will severely punish thee, as Exod. 20. 7.

Marginal references: chap. 34. [illegible: 1+ letters].