Exodus:21-24
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Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them .
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When you buy a Hebrew slave ,
he shall serve six years ,
and in the seventh he shall go out free ,
for nothing .
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If he comes in single ,
he shall go out single ;
if he comes in married ,
then his wife shall go out with him .
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If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters ,
the wife and her children shall be her master '
s and he shall go out alone .
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But if the slave plainly says , `
I love my master ,
my wife ,
and my children ;
I will not go out free ,'
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then his master shall bring him to God ,
and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost ;
and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ;
and he shall serve him for life .
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When a man sells his daughter as a slave ,
she shall not go out as the male slaves do .
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If she does not please her master ,
who has designated her for himself ,
then he shall let her be redeemed ;
he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people ,
since he has dealt faithlessly with her .
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If he designates her for his son ,
he shall deal with her as with a daughter .
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If he takes another wife to himself ,
he shall not diminish her food ,
her clothing ,
or her marital rights .
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And if he does not do these three things for her ,
she shall go out for nothing ,
without payment of money .
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Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death .
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But if he did not lie in wait for him ,
but God let him fall into his hand ,
then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee .
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But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously ,
you shall take him from my altar ,
that he may die .
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Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death .
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Whoever steals a man ,
whether he sells him or is found in possession of him ,
shall be put to death .
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Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death .
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When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed ,
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then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff ,
he that struck him shall be clear ;
only he shall pay for the loss of his time ,
and shall have him thoroughly healed .
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When a man strikes his slave ,
male or female ,
with a rod and the slave dies under his hand ,
he shall be punished .
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But if the slave survives a day or two ,
he is not to be punished ;
for the slave is his money .
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When men strive together ,
and hurt a woman with child ,
so that there is a miscarriage ,
and yet no harm follows ,
the one who hurt her shall be fined ,
according as the woman '
s husband shall lay upon him ;
and he shall pay as the judges determine .
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If any harm follows ,
then you shall give life for life ,
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eye for eye ,
tooth for tooth ,
hand for hand ,
foot for foot ,
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burn for burn ,
wound for wound ,
stripe for stripe .
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When a man strikes the eye of his slave ,
male or female ,
and destroys it ,
he shall let the slave go free for the eye '
s sake .
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If he knocks out the tooth of his slave ,
male or female ,
he shall let the slave go free for the tooth '
s sake .
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When an ox gores a man or a woman to death ,
the ox shall be stoned ,
and its flesh shall not be eaten ;
but the owner of the ox shall be clear .
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But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past ,
and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in ,
and it kills a man or a woman ,
the ox shall be stoned ,
and its owner also shall be put to death .
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If a ransom is laid on him ,
then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him .
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If it gores a man '
s son or daughter ,
he shall be dealt with according to this same rule .
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If the ox gores a slave ,
male or female ,
the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver ,
and the ox shall be stoned .
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When a man leaves a pit open ,
or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it ,
and an ox or an ass falls into it ,
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the owner of the pit shall make it good ;
he shall give money to its owner ,
and the dead beast shall be his .
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When one man '
s ox hurts another '
s ,
so that it dies ,
then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it ;
and the dead beast also they shall divide .
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Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past ,
and its owner has not kept it in ,
he shall pay ox for ox ,
and the dead beast shall be his .
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If a man steals an ox or a sheep ,
and kills it or sells it ,
he shall pay five oxen for an ox ,
and four sheep for a sheep .
He shall make restitution ;
if he has nothing ,
then he shall If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession ,
whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep , "
If a thief is found breaking in ,
and is struck so that he dies ,
there shall be no bloodguilt for him ;
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but if the sun has risen upon him ,
there shall be "
When a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over ,
or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man '
s field ,
he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard .
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When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed ,
he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution .
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If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep ,
and it is stolen out of the man '
s house ,
then ,
if the thief is found ,
he shall pay double .
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If the thief is not found ,
the owner of the house shall come near to God ,
to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor '
s goods .
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For every breach of trust ,
whether it is for ox ,
for ass ,
for sheep ,
for clothing ,
or for any kind of lost thing ,
of which one says , `
This is it ,'
the case of both parties shall come before God ;
he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor .
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If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep ,
and it dies or is hurt or is driven away ,
without any one seeing it ,
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an oath by the LORD shall be between them both to see whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor '
s property ;
and the owner shall accept the oath ,
and he shall not make restitution .
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But if it is stolen from him ,
he shall make restitution to its owner .
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If it is torn by beasts ,
let him bring it as evidence ;
he shall not make restitution for what has been torn .
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If a man borrows anything of his neighbor ,
and it is hurt or dies ,
the owner not being with it ,
he shall make full restitution .
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If the owner was with it ,
he shall not make restitution ;
if it was hired ,
it came for its hire .
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If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed ,
and lies with her ,
he shall give the marriage present for her ,
and make her his wife .
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If her father utterly refuses to give her to him ,
he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins .
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You shall not permit a sorceress to live .
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Whoever lies with a beast shall be put to death .
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Whoever sacrifices to any god ,
save to the LORD only ,
shall be utterly destroyed .
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You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him ,
for you were strangers in the land of Egypt .
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You shall not afflict any widow or orphan .
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If you do afflict them ,
and they cry out to me ,
I will surely hear their cry ;
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and my wrath will burn ,
and I will kill you with the sword ,
and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless .
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If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor ,
you shall not be to him as a creditor ,
and you shall not exact interest from him .
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If ever you take your neighbor '
s garment in pledge ,
you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down ;
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for that is his only covering ,
it is his mantle for his body ;
in what else shall he sleep ?
And if he cries to me ,
I will hear ,
for I am compassionate .
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You shall not revile God ,
nor curse a ruler of your people .
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You shall not delay to offer from the fulness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses . "
The first-born of your sons you shall give to me .
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You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep :
seven days it shall be with its dam ;
on the eighth day you shall give it to me .
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You shall be men consecrated to me ;
therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field ;
you shall cast it to the dogs .
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You shall not utter a false report .
You shall not join hands with a wicked man ,
to be a malicious witness .
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You shall not follow a multitude to do evil ;
nor shall you bear witness in a suit ,
turning aside after a multitude ,
so as to pervert justice ;
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nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit .
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If you meet your enemy '
s ox or his ass going astray ,
you shall bring it back to him .
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If you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden ,
you shall refrain from leaving him with it ,
you shall help him to lift it up .
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You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit .
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Keep far from a false charge ,
and do not slay the innocent and righteous ,
for I will not acquit the wicked .
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And you shall take no bribe ,
for a bribe blinds the officials ,
and subverts the cause of those who are in the right .
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You shall not oppress a stranger ;
you know the heart of a stranger ,
for you were strangers in the land of Egypt .
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For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield ;
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but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow ,
that the poor of your people may eat ;
and what they leave the wild beasts may eat .
You shall do likewise with your vineyard ,
and with your olive orchard .
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Six days you shall do your work ,
but on the seventh day you shall rest ;
that your ox and your ass may have rest ,
and the son of your bondmaid ,
and the alien ,
may be refreshed .
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Take heed to all that I have said to you ;
and make no mention of the names of other gods ,
nor let such be heard out of your mouth .
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Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me .
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You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread ;
as I commanded you ,
you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib ,
for in it you came out of Egypt .
None shall appear before me empty-handed .
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You shall keep the feast of harvest ,
of the first fruits of your labor ,
of what you sow in the field .
You shall keep the feast of ingathering at the end of the year ,
when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor .
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Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD .
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You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ,
or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning .
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The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God . "
You shall not boil a kid in its mother '
s milk .
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Behold ,
I send an angel before you ,
to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place which I have prepared .
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Give heed to him and hearken to his voice ,
do not rebel against him ,
for he will not pardon your transgression ;
for my name is in him .
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But if you hearken attentively to his voice and do all that I say ,
then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries .
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When my angel goes before you ,
and brings you in to the Amorites ,
and the Hittites ,
and the Per '
izzites ,
and the Canaanites ,
the Hivites ,
and the Jeb '
usites ,
and I blot them out ,
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you shall not bow down to their gods ,
nor serve them ,
nor do according to their works ,
but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces .
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You shall serve the LORD your God ,
and I will bless your bread and your water ;
and I will take sickness away from the midst of you .
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None shall cast her young or be barren in your land ;
I will fulfil the number of your days .
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I will send my terror before you ,
and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come ,
and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you .
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And I will send hornets before you ,
which shall drive out Hivite ,
Canaanite ,
and Hittite from before you .
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I will not drive them out from before you in one year ,
lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you .
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Little by little I will drive them out from before you ,
until you are increased and possess the land .
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And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines ,
and from the wilderness to the Euphra '
tes ;
for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ,
and you shall drive them out before you .
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You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods .
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They shall not dwell in your land ,
lest they make you sin against me ;
for if you serve their gods ,
it will surely be a snare to you ."
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And he said to Moses , "
Come up to the LORD ,
you and Aaron ,
Nadab ,
and Abi '
hu ,
and seventy of the elders of Israel ,
and worship afar off .
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Moses alone shall come near to the LORD ;
but the others shall not come near ,
and the people shall not come up with him ."
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Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances ;
and all the people answered with one voice ,
and said , "
All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do ."
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And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD .
And he rose early in the morning ,
and built an altar at the foot of the mountain ,
and twelve pillars ,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel .
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And he sent young men of the people of Israel ,
who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD .
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And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins ,
and half of the blood he threw against the altar .
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Then he took the book of the covenant ,
and read it in the hearing of the people ;
and they said , "
All that the LORD has spoken we will do ,
and we will be obedient ."
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And Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people ,
and said , "
Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words ."
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Then Moses and Aaron ,
Nadab ,
and Abi '
hu ,
and seventy of the elders of Israel went up ,
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and they saw the God of Israel ;
and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone ,
like the very heaven for clearness .
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And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel ;
they beheld God ,
and ate and drank .
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The LORD said to Moses , "
Come up to me on the mountain ,
and wait there ;
and I will give you the tables of stone ,
with the law and the commandment ,
which I have written for their instruction ."
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So Moses rose with his servant Joshua ,
and Moses went up into the mountain of God .
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And he said to the elders , "
Tarry here for us ,
until we come to you again ;
and ,
behold ,
Aaron and Hur are with you ;
whoever has a cause ,
let him go to them ."
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Then Moses went up on the mountain ,
and the cloud covered the mountain .
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The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai ,
and the cloud covered it six days ;
and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud .
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Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel .
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And Moses entered the cloud ,
and went up on the mountain .
And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights .
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The LORD said to Moses ,
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