Exodus 23:3

Judgement to be given with strict impartiality.

favour lit. adorn, i.e. honour(Leviticus 19:15; Leviticus 19:32; Lamentations 5:12) in a bad sense, honour unduly= favour, viz. out of false sympathy, or antipathy to the rich and powerful. -The sense is good, and supported by Leviticus 19:15: one would expect, however, a warning against the far more common fault of favouring a great man, if not in place of the present warning, at least (as in Leviticus 19:15) by the side of it" (Di.). Kn., Bä. and others, by a very slight change (גדל for ודל), would read, -Thou shalt not honour a great manin his cause."