EXOD869 Do not accept bribery. A court judge is forbidden to accept bribery from either litigant, even when he plans to judge the matter only according to the facts, with complete impartiality. The mitzvah distances us from the evil desire to accept bribery, even when we feel that the bribe will not affect us and we intend to remain impartial. The mitzvah guards us from accepting a bribe with the evil intent to favor the one who gave it.