Custom not the Standard of Right
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:


"Know that the Lord has set apart him that is godly for Himself." Therefore it is no excuse for him to say, "I do but as others do." He is to reckon his hours by the sun, not the town clock; to take God's direction, not the vice of the multitudes, as one of their stamp and at liberty to comply with their fashions.

(T. Mantan, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

WEB: "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;




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