1  And God spoke all these words, saying

1  And the Lord spoke all these words

2  I am YHWH thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

2  “I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.

3  Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

3  You shall not have strange gods before me.

4  Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

4  You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth.

5  thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I YHWH thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

5  You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

6  and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.

7  Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain; for the YHWH will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.

7  You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.

8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

8  Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath.

9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;

9  For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks.

10  but the seventh day is a sabbath unto YHWH thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

10  But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.

10  But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates.

11  for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the YHWH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

11  For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.

12  Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which YHWH thy God giveth thee.

12  Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

13  Thou shalt not murder.

13  You shall not kill.

14  Thou shalt not commit adultery.

14  You shall not commit adultery.

15  Thou shalt not steal.

15  You shall not steal.

16  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

16  You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

17  You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”

17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, and not thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. And when it so happens that LORD God brings you to the land of Caanan, which you are coming to posses, you shall set-up there for you great stones and plaster them with plaster and you write on the stones all words of this law. And it becomes for you that across the Jordan you shall raise these stones, which I command you today, in mountain Grizim. And you build there the altar to the LORD God of you. Altar of stones. Not you shall wave on them iron. With whole stones you shall build the altar to LORD God of you. And you bring on it ascend offerings to LORD God of you, and you sacrifice peace offerings, and you eat there and you rejoice before the face of the LORD God of you. The mountain this is across the Jordan behind the way of the rising of the sun, in the land of Caanan who is dwelling in the desert before the Galgal, beside Alvin-Mara, before Sechem.

18  And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

18  Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,

18  And all the people observed the thunderings and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw all of this, they were afraid and they stood afar off.

19  And they said unto Moses: 'Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

19  saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”

19  No Translation Available And they said unto Moses, Behold, LORD God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and voice of Him we heard from the midst of the fire. Today we saw that speaks God with the man and he lives. And now why shall we die? This great fire consumes us, and if we will hear more of the voice of the LORD God of us we will die. Because what is the flesh that can hear the voice of God and live, as he has spoken to us from the midst of the fire and we lived. Go hear all that he will say to us the LORD God and then you will tell us all that he spoke and we will listen and we will do. But let not God speak with us, lest we die.

20  And Moses said unto the people: 'Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.'

20  And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.

20  And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.”

21  And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

21  And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was .And the LORD said to Moses to say: I heard what people have said. All that they have spoken to you, they have spoken wisely. All that they have spoken let them put in their hearts so that they can keep my commandments in all their days, so that it would be good to them and to sons of them forever. Prophet I shall raise up to them from the midsts of their brothers, and I will place words of me into his mouth to speak to them all that I'm commanding them. And it becomes that the man who will not listen to his words that are spoken in my name, I shall require from him. But the prophet who will speak insolently in my name that which I have not instructed him to speak, or if he speaks in the name of other Gods, such prophet shall die. And if you will ask yourself in your heart how you shall know which word God has spoken and which he has not, see if the word spoken comes to pass. And if it shall not come to pass then this is not the word of the LORD, in insolence spoken the prophet. Not you shall listen to him. Go now back to your tent and I will speak to you regarding all commandments and ordinances and verdicts that you shall teach them, and what to do in the land that I give them for possession.

22  And YHWH said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

22  And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

22  Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: “This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

23  Ye shall not make with Me--gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

23  You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

23  You shall not make for yourselves gods of gold to be worshipped along with me, neither shall you make for yourselves gods of silver.

24  An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.

24  Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.

25  And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

25  And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled.

26  Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

26  Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.

26  You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”

21:1  Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

1  “These are the judgments which you shall place before them

21:2  If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

2  If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge.

2  When you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve you; and in the seventh year he shall go out free from your house without price.

21:3  If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

3  If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.

3  With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time.

21:4  If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

4  Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master’s; and he shall go forth alone.

4  But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.

21:5  But if the servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free;

5  And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;

21:6  then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

6  his master shall bring him to the judgement-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

6  then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.

21:7  And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

7  And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants depart.

7  If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out.

21:8  If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

21:9  And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

9  And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.

9  But if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall treat her according to the custom with daughters.

21:10  If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.

10  And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.

10  And if he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

21:11  And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

11  If he does not do these three things, she shall depart freely, without money.

11  And if be does not these three things to her, then she shall go out free without price.

21:12  He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

12  And if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.

12  Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.

21:13  And if a man lie not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he may flee.

13  But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.

13  But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee.

21:14  And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from Mine altar, that he may die.

14  If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.

21:15  And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

15  Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

21:16  And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

16  He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.

21:17  And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

17  Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.

17  Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

21:18  And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

18  And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

18  If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,

21:19  if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

19  if he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians.

21:20  And if a man smite his bondman, or his bondwoman, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

20  Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.

20  And if a man strikes his servant, or his maid with a staff, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

21:21  Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.

21  But if the servant continue to live a day or two, let not the master be punished; for he is his money.

21  But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money.

21:22  And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

22  And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

22  If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.

21:23  But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

23  But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life,

23  And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life

21:24  eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

24  an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

21:25  burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

25  a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.

25  Smiting for smiting, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

21:26  And if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

26  And if one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye’s sake.

26  If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out.

21:27  And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

27  And if he should smite out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maid-servant, he shall send them away free for their tooth’s sake.

27  Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.

21:28  And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

28  If an oxor any animal smiting a man or a woman, that they die: then the animal shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the animal shall be quit.

21:29  But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

29  But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

29  But if the ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed.

21:30  If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

30  And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.

30  But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked.

21:31  Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

31  And if the bull gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.

31  Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict.

21:32  If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

21:33  And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

33  And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

33  If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

21:34  the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.

34  then the owner of the cistern shall repay the price of the beasts, and what is dead will belong to him.

21:35  And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.

35  And if any man’s bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.

35  If the ox of a stranger wounds the ox of another, and it has died, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price, but the carcass of the dead one they shall distribute between them.

21:36  Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.

36  But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.

36  But if he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.”