Exodus:23

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* Thou shalt not receiue a false tale , neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked , to be a false witnes . * Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do ] evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause (note :)Do that which is godly , though few favour it .(:note ) to decline after many to wrest [judgment ]: * Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause . * If thou meet thine enemy 's ox or his ass going astray , thou shalt surely (note :)If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast , how much more to our enemy himself , ( Mat_5:44 ).(:note ) bring it back to him again . * If thou see the (note :)If God commands us to help our enemy 's donkey under his burden , will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens ?(:note ) ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden , and wouldest forbear to help him , thou shalt surely help with him . * Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute . * Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the (note :)Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate .(:note ) innocent and righteous slay thou not : for I will not justify the wicked . * Thou shalt take no gift : for the gift blindeth the wise , and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous . * Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know the (note :)For since he is a stranger , his heart is sorrowful enough .(:note ) heart of a stranger , seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt . * Moreouer , sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land , and gather the fruites thereof , * But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still , that the poore of thy people may eat , and what they leaue , the beastes of the fielde shal eate . In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard , and with thine oliue trees . * Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke , and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest , that thine oxe , and thine asse may rest , and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed . * And in all [things ] that I have said unto you be circumspect : and make (note :)Neither by swearing by them , nor speaking of them , ( Psa_16:4 ; Eph_5:3 ).(:note ) no mention of the name of other gods , neither let it be heard out of thy mouth . * Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere . * Thou shalt keep the feast of (note :)That is , Easter , in remembrance that the angel passed over and spared the Israelites , when he slew the first born of the Egyptians .(:note ) unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days , as I commanded thee , in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou camest out from Egypt : and none shall appear before me empty :) * And the (note :)Which is Whit Sunday , in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt .(:note ) feast of harvest , the firstfruits of thy labours , which thou hast sown in the field : and the This is the feast of tabernacles , signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness . feast of ingathering , [which is ] in the end of the year , when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field . * These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah . * Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with (note :)No leavened bread will be in your house .(:note ) leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning . * 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 (note :)Meaning , that no fruit should be taken before just time : and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled .(:note ) mother 's milk . * Behold , I send an Angel before thee , to keepe thee in the way , and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared . * Beware of him , and obey his voice , provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my (note :)I will give him my authority , and he will govern you in my name .(:note ) name [is ] in him . * But if thou hearken vnto his voyce , &amp ; do all that I speake , the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies , and will afflict them that afflict thee . * For mine Angel shall go before thee , &amp ; bring thee vnto the Amorites , and the Hittites , and the Perizzites , and the Canaanites , the Hiuites , and the Iebusites , and I will destroy them . * Thou shalt not bow down to their gods , nor serve them , nor do after their works : but thou shalt (note :)God commands his own to not only not worship idols , but to destroy them .(:note ) utterly overthrow them , and quite break down their images . * And ye shall serve the LORD your God , and he shall bless thy (note :)That is , all things necessary for this present life .(:note ) bread , and thy water ; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee . * There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande : the number of thy dayes will I fulfill . * I will send my (note :)I will make them afraid of your coming and send my angel to destroy them , as in ( Exo_35:2 ).(:note ) fear before thee , and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come , and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee . * And I will sende hornets before thee , which shal driue out the Hiuites , the Canaanites , and the Hittites from thy face . * I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere , least the land grow to a wildernes : &amp ; the beasts of the field multiplie against thee . * By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face , vntill thou increase , and inherite the lande . * And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea (note :)Called the Sea of Syria .(:note ) of the Philistines , and from the Of Arabia called desert . desert unto the That is , Ephraim . river : for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ; and thou shalt drive them out before thee . * Thou shalt make no couenant with them , nor with their gods : * Neither shall they dwell in thy lande , least they make thee sinne against me : for if thou serue their gods , surely it shall be thy destruction .

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