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.”

22:2  If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

2  And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

2  If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.

22:3  If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him--he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

3  But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.

3  But if he did this when the sun was risen, he has perpetrated a homicide, and he shall die. If he does not have the means to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.

22:4  If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

4  If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.

4  If the animal is found in his possession alive, whether it is an ox or an ass, or a ewe, he shall restore double.

22:5  If a man cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

5  And if any one should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard.

5  If there is any damage to a field or a vineyard, when he has released his cattle to pasture on the land of a stranger, he shall repay the best of what he has in his own field, or in his own vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage.

22:6  If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

6  And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.

6  If a fire will have been discovered departing from brush, and taking hold in stacks of grain, or in crops standing in the fields, whoever ignited the fire shall repay the damages.

22:7  If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

7  And if any one give to his neighbour money or goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief be found he shall repay double.

7  If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double.

22:8  If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

8  But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbour’s deposit,

22:9  For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith: 'This is it,' the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbour.

9  according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be, —the judgement of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbour double.

22:10  If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it;

10  And if any one give to his neighbour to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know,

10  If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it,

22:11  the oath of YHWH shall be between them both, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

11  an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour’s deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

11  then there shall be an oath between them, that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor. And the owner shall accept the oath, and he will not be compelled to make restitution.

22:12  But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

12  And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner.

12  But if it will have been taken away by theft, he shall repay the damages to the owner.

22:13  If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

13  And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.

13  If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution.

22:14  And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

14  And if any one borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.

14  If anyone borrows from his neighbor any of these things, and it has died or been disabled when the owner was not present, he shall be compelled to make restitution.

22:15  If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.

15  But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

22:16  And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

16  If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.

22:17  If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

17  And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.

17  If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive.

22:18  Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.

18  Ye shall not save the lives of sorcerers.

18  You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live.

22:19  Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

19  Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death.

19  Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.

22:20  He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto YHWH only, shall be utterly destroyed.

20  Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.

20  He who sacrifices to idols shall be utterly destroyed; but to the LORD alone shall he sacrifice.

22:21  And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

21  You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

21  Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22:22  Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

22  Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.

22  You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

22:23  If thou afflict them in any wise--for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry--

23  If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

22:24  My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

24  And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

22:25  If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

25  And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not exact usury of him.

25  If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.

22:26  If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;

26  If you at all take your neighbor's clothes as a pledge, you must give them back to him by sunset;

22:27  for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

27  For it is all that he has to cover himself, to clothe his body; nor does he have anything else in which to sleep. If he cries out to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

27  For they are his only covering, it is his raiment for his body; with what shall he sleep? And if he prays before me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.

22:28  Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

28  You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

28  You shall not revile the judge nor curse the ruler of your people.

22:29  Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.

29  You shall not delay in paying your tithes and your first-fruits. You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

22:30  Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it Me.

30  You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me.

22:31  And ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

31  You shall be holy men for me. The flesh, from which beasts will have tasted, you shall not eat, but you will throw it to the dogs.”

23:1  Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

1  “You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf on the impious.

1  YOU shall not confirm a false report: do not stretch out your hand taking oaths with the guilty to become a false witness for him.

23:2  Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice;

2  You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.

23:3  neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

3  And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgement.

3  Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.

23:4  If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

4  And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.

4  If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.

23:5  If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.

5  If you should see the ass of your enemy lying under its burden, and you are unwilling to help him lift it up, you should surely help him to lift it up nevertheless.

23:6  Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

6  You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.

23:7  Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

7  Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.

7  You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.

23:8  And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

8  Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.

8  And you shall take no bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise in judgment and perverts the words of the righteous.

23:9  And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

9  You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

23:10  And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;

10  Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.

10  For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.

23:11  but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat; and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

11  But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

23:12  Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

12  For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed.

12  Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your ass may rest and the son of your handmaid; and that the stranger in your towns may be refreshed.

23:13  And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed; and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

13  Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.

13  Take heed of all things that I have said to you; and make no mention of the name of false idols, neither think of them.

23:14  Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.

14  Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year.

23:15  The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib--for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty;

15  You shall keep the festival of the unleavened bread (you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of the land of Egypt; you shall not appear before me without a gift offering:)

23:16  and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.

16  for it is the solemnity of the harvest of the first-fruits of your work, of whatever you have sown in the field. Likewise, it is a solemnity at the end of the season, when you will have gathered in all your crops from the field.

23:17  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before YHWH GOD.

23:18  Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My feast remain all night until the morning.

18  For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.

18  You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven, nor shall the fat of my solemnity remain until morning.

23:19  The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of YHWH thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

19  You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.

19  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk, that one doing this as sacrifice forgets and enrages God of Jacob

23:20  Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

20  And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee.

20  Behold, I will send my Angel, who will go before you, and preserve you on your journey, and lead you into the place that I have prepared.

23:21  Take heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; be not rebellious against him; for he will not pardon your transgression; for My name is in him.

21  Heed him, and hear his voice, and do not hold him in disregard. For he will not release you when you have sinned, and my name is in him.

21  Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

23:22  But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

22  If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

22  But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you.

23:23  For Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

23  For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.

23  And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush.

23:24  Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

24  You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues.

23:25  And ye shall serve YHWH your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

25  And thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and I will bless thy bread and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you.

25  And you shall serve the Lord your God, so that I may bless your bread and your waters, and so that I may take away sickness from your midst.

23:26  None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

26  There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

26  And there shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

23:27  I will send My terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

27  And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.

27  I will send my fear before you and will destroy all the peoples against whom you shall go to war, and I will make all your enemies flee from you.

23:28  And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

28  sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter.

28  And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Canaanite, and Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Gergashites, and the Perezites, and the Hivite, and the Ebusites from before thee.

23:29  I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

29  I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you.

23:30  By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

30  I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land.

30  Little by little I will destroy them before you, till you become strong and inherit the land.

23:31  And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

31  Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight.

23:32  Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

32  You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.

23:33  They shall not dwell in thy land--lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods--for they will be a snare unto thee.

33  And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee.

33  They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.”