It is hard to imagine how difficult it would be to live in a culture where those in leadership and authority were so crooked that court decisions were offered to the highest bidder. Yet that was a common problem in the ancient world including Judaism. Speaking of Samuel's sons:
1 Samuel 8:3, “His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.”
In fact, unjust judges were such a problem in the ancient world that Solomon penned a proverb about them,
Proverbs 17:23, “A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.”
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