The strict impartiality of the judicial system was intended even in the earliest codes, and bribery was severely punished. Incorruptibility, however, was not totally enforceable (Amos 5: 12).
Citation for bribery
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"bribery." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 23, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e317>.
Chicago
"bribery." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e317 (accessed May 23, 2013).