rotherham - Exodus:20:22-24:18

rotherham@Exodus:20:22 @ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Thus, shalt thou say, unto the sons of Israel, Ye yourselves, have seen that out of the heavens, have I spoken with you.

rotherham@Exodus:20:23 @ Ye shall not make beside me, neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.

rotherham@Exodus:20:24 @ An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending-sacrifices and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee and will bless thee.

rotherham@Exodus:20:25 @ But if, an altar of stones, thou wilt make to me, thou shalt not build them hewn, for as soon as thou hast lifted, thy sharp tool, thereupon, thou hast profaned it;

rotherham@Exodus:20:26 @ neither shalt thou go up, by steps unto mine altar, lest by any means thy shame be discovered thereupon.

rotherham@Exodus:21:1 @ Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.

rotherham@Exodus:21:2 @ When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve, but in the seventh shall he go out freelyfor nought.

rotherham@Exodus:21:3 @ If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out, if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him.

rotherham@Exodus:21:4 @ If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.

rotherham@Exodus:21:5 @ But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons, I will not go out free,

rotherham@Exodus:21:6 @ then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post, and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.

rotherham@Exodus:21:7 @ And when a man shall sell iris daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,

rotherham@Exodus:21:8 @ If she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her in that he hath dealt treacherously with her.

rotherham@Exodus:21:9 @ And if to his soul he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her.

rotherham@Exodus:21:10 @ If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.

rotherham@Exodus:21:11 @ But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.

rotherham@Exodus:21:12 @ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.

rotherham@Exodus:21:13 @ But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.

rotherham@Exodus:21:14 @ But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

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

rotherham@Exodus:21:16 @ And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.

rotherham@Exodus:21:17 @ And he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

rotherham@Exodus:21:18 @ And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but shall fall to his bed;

rotherham@Exodus:21:19 @ if he rise and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted, only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him.

rotherham@Exodus:21:20 @ And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;

rotherham@Exodus:21:21 @ nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.

rotherham@Exodus:21:22 @ And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, hut there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the womans husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.

rotherham@Exodus:21:23 @ But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;

rotherham@Exodus:21:24 @ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

rotherham@Exodus:21:25 @ brand for brand, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

rotherham@Exodus:21:26 @ And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye;

rotherham@Exodus:21:27 @ or, if, the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth.

rotherham@Exodus:21:28 @ And when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox, shall be quit.

rotherham@Exodus:21:29 @ But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.

rotherham@Exodus:21:30 @ If, a sin-covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:

rotherham@Exodus:21:31 @ if, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him;

rotherham@Exodus:21:32 @ if, a servant the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned.

rotherham@Exodus:21:33 @ And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,

rotherham@Exodus:21:34 @ the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof, and the dead beast, shall be his.

rotherham@Exodus:21:35 @ And when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox and divide the silver thereof, and the dead ox also, shall they divide,

rotherham@Exodus:21:36 @ Or if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall surely make good, an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his.

rotherham@Exodus:22:1 @ When a man stealeth an ox or a sheep, and slayeth it, or selleth it, with five of the herd, shall he make goodfor the ox, or with four of the flock, for the sheep.

rotherham@Exodus:22:2 @ If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood:

rotherham@Exodus:22:3 @ should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him, he is surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft.

rotherham@Exodus:22:4 @ If the thing stolen is found in his handwhether ox or ass or sheep, alive, with two, shall he make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:5 @ When a man causeth a field or a vineyard to be depastured, or hath sent in his own cattle and stripped the field of another, he shall, surely make restitution, out of his own field, according to the yield thereof; or if, all the field, he depasture, with the best of his own field, or with the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:6 @ When a fire breaketh out and hath come upon thorns and so there is consumed a stack of sheaves, or the standing corn, or the field, he that kindled the fire, shall surely make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:7 @ When a man giveth unto his neighbour silver or jewelry, to keep, and it is stolen out of the house of the man:

rotherham@Exodus:22:8 @ if the thief be found, he shall give in restitution double, if the thief be not found, then shall the owner of the house be brought near unto God to swear that he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour.

rotherham@Exodus:22:9 @ For any affair of trespassfor an ox, for an ass, for a sheep, for a mantle for anything lost as to which one could say This is it, unto God, shall come the affair of them both, he whom God shall condemn, shall make restitution of double to his neighbour.

rotherham@Exodus:22:10 @ When a man delivereth unto his neighbour, an ass, or an ox or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it dieth or is fractured, or is driven away, no one beholding,

rotherham@Exodus:22:11 @ the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour, then shall the owner thereof accept it and he shall not make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:12 @ But, if it be verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

rotherham@Exodus:22:13 @ If it be, verily torn in pieces, he shall bring it in as a witnessfor that which was torn, he shall not make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:14 @ And when a man asketh aught of his neighbour, and it is fractured or dieth, its owner, not being with it, he shall, surely make restitution.

rotherham@Exodus:22:15 @ If, its owner, was with it, he shall not make restitution, if it is, hired, it cometh into its hire.

rotherham@Exodus:22:16 @ And, when a man enticeth a virgin who is not betrothed, and lieth with her, he shall, surely pay a purchase-price, that she may be his wife.

rotherham@Exodus:22:17 @ If her father utterly refuse, to give her to him, silver, shall he weigh out, according to the purchase-price of virgins.

rotherham@Exodus:22:18 @ A sorceress, shalt thou not suffer to live.

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

rotherham@Exodus:22:20 @ He that sacrificeth to the gods shall be devoted to destruction, except to Yahweh alone.

rotherham@Exodus:22:21 @ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away, for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.

rotherham@Exodus:22:22 @ Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate:

rotherham@Exodus:22:23 @ if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:

rotherham@Exodus:22:24 @ so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword, and your wives, shall become widows, and your, sons fatherless.

rotherham@Exodus:22:25 @ If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my peopleunto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest, thou shalt not lay upon him interest.

rotherham@Exodus:22:26 @ If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;

rotherham@Exodus:22:27 @ for that is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin, wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear because, gracious, I am.

rotherham@Exodus:22:28 @ God, shalt thou not revile, and a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse.

rotherham@Exodus:22:29 @ Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay, the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me.

rotherham@Exodus:22:30 @ Thus, shalt thou do with thine ox with thy sheep, a seven days, shall it be with its dam, on the eighth day, shalt thou give it to me.

rotherham@Exodus:22:31 @ Holy men, therefore shall ye truly become to me, and flesh in the field torn to pieces, shall ye not eat, to the dogs, shall ye cast it.

rotherham@Exodus:23:1 @ Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

rotherham@Exodus:23:2 @ Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead,

rotherham@Exodus:23:3 @ Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.

rotherham@Exodus:23:4 @ When thou meetest the ox of thine enemy, or his ass, going astray, thou shalt, surely bring it back, to him.

rotherham@Exodus:23:5 @ When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload,

rotherham@Exodus:23:6 @ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

rotherham@Exodus:23:7 @ From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away, and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless imam

rotherham@Exodus:23:8 @ And, a bribe, shalt thou not take, for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

rotherham@Exodus:23:9 @ And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away, seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the laud of Egypt.

rotherham@Exodus:23:10 @ And six years, shalt thou sow thy land, and shalt gather the yield thereof;

rotherham@Exodus:23:11 @ but the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still so shall the needy of thy people eat, and what they leave, shall the wild-beast of the field eat, in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard with thine oliveyard.

rotherham@Exodus:23:12 @ Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath, that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed.

rotherham@Exodus:23:13 @ And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself, and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.

rotherham@Exodus:23:14 @ Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year.

rotherham@Exodus:23:15 @ The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, as I commanded thee at the appointed time of the month Abib; for, therein, camest thou forth out of Egypt, and they shall not see my face, empty-handed.

rotherham@Exodus:23:16 @ And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingatheringat the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

rotherham@Exodus:23:17 @ Three times in the year, shall all thy males see the face of the Lord, Yahweh.

rotherham@Exodus:23:18 @ Thou shalt not offer with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice, neither shall the fat of my festival-sacrifice remain until morning.

rotherham@Exodus:23:19 @ The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.

rotherham@Exodus:23:20 @ Lo! I, am sending a messenger before thee, to guard thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

rotherham@Exodus:23:21 @ Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voicedo not vex him,-for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him.

rotherham@Exodus:23:22 @ But if thou wilt indeed hearken, to his voice, and so wilt do all that I may speak, then will I be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries;

rotherham@Exodus:23:23 @ for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee inunto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, so will I destroy them.

rotherham@Exodus:23:24 @ Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works, but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.

rotherham@Exodus:23:25 @ So shall ye serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless thy bread and thy water, and I will take away sickness out of thy midst.

rotherham@Exodus:23:26 @ There shall be nothing casting its young or barren in thy land, the number of thy days, will I make full.

rotherham@Exodus:23:27 @ My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.

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

rotherham@Exodus:23:29 @ I will not drive them out from before thee, in one year, lest the land should become a desolation, so would the wild-beast of the field multiply over thee.

rotherham@Exodus:23:30 @ Little by little, will I drive them out from before thee. until thou become fruitful, then shalt thou take possession of the land.

rotherham@Exodus:23:31 @ So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates), for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.

rotherham@Exodus:23:32 @ Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant:

rotherham@Exodus:23:33 @ they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me, for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare!

rotherham@Exodus:24:1 @ And unto Moses, he said Come up unto Yahwehthou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, so shall ye bow yourselves down from afar.

rotherham@Exodus:24:2 @ And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him.

rotherham@Exodus:24:3 @ So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do.

rotherham@Exodus:24:4 @ Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain, and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel:

rotherham@Exodus:24:5 @ and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending-sacrifices, and slew peace-offerings to Yahweh, of oxen.

rotherham@Exodus:24:6 @ Then took Moses half of the blood, and put it in basins, and half of the blood, dashed he over the altar:

rotherham@Exodus:24:7 @ then took he the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, All that Yahweh hath spoken, will we do, and will hearken,

rotherham@Exodus:24:8 @ Then Moses took the blood, and dashed over the people, and said, Lo! the blood of the covenant which Yahweh hath solemnised with you, over all these words.

rotherham@Exodus:24:9 @ Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;

rotherham@Exodus:24:10 @ and they saw the God of Israel, and under his feet, like a pavement of sapphire, and like the very heavens for brightness; and

rotherham@Exodus:24:11 @ against the nobles of the sons of Israel, put he not forth his hand, so then they had vision of God, and did eat and drink,

rotherham@Exodus:24:12 @ Then said Yahweh unto Moses Come thou up unto me in the mountain and remain thou there, for I must give thee tables of stone and the law and the commandment, which I have written to direct them.

rotherham@Exodus:24:13 @ And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up into the mountain of God;

rotherham@Exodus:24:14 @ but, unto the elders, he said Tarry for us here, until we return unto you. And lo! Aaron and Hur, are with you, he that hath a cause, let him draw near unto them.

rotherham@Exodus:24:15 @ So then Moses wont up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

rotherham@Exodus:24:16 @ And the glory of Yahweh rested upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days, then called he unto Moses on the seventh day, out of the midst of the cloud.

rotherham@Exodus:24:17 @ And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire h on the top of the mountain, in the sight of the sons of Israel.

rotherham@Exodus:24:18 @ And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended into the mountain. And it came to pass that Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.