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22 a “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay backw five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking inx at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;y 3 but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution,z but if they have nothing, they must be solda to pay for their theft. 4 If the stolen animal is found alive in their possessionb—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.c
5 “If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitutiond from the best of their own field or vineyard.
6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shockse of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.f
7 “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeepingg and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.h 8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges,i and they mustb determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property. 9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.c j The one whom the judges declared guilty must pay back double to the other.
10 “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeepingk and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking, 11 the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oathl before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required. 12 But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitutionm must be made to the owner. 13 If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.n
14 “If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution.o 15 But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.p
16 “If a man seduces a virginq who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price,r and she shall be his wife. 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
18 “Do not allow a sorceresss to live.
19 “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animalt is to be put to death.
20 “Whoever sacrifices to any godu other than the Lord must be destroyed.e v
21 “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner,w for you were foreignersx in Egypt.
22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.y 23 If you do and they cry outz to me, I will certainly hear their cry.a 24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.b
25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.c 26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,d return it by sunset, 27 because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?e When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.f
28 “Do not blaspheme Godf g or curseh the ruler of your people.i
29 “Do not hold back offeringsj from your granaries or your vats.g
“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.k 30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.l Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.m
31 “You are to be my holy people.n So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;o throw it to the dogs.
23 “Do not spread false reports.p Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.q
2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justicer by siding with the crowd,s 3 and do not show favoritismt to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4 “If you come across your enemy’su ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.v 5 If you see the donkeyw of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
6 “Do not deny justicex to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false chargey and do not put an innocentz or honest person to death,a for I will not acquit the guilty.b
8 “Do not accept a bribe,c for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “Do not oppress a foreigner;d you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.e Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 “Six days do your work,f but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.g
13 “Be carefulh to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;i do not let them be heard on your lips.j
14 “Three timesk a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;l for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,m for in that month you came out of Egypt.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.n
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvesto with the firstfruitsp of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingatheringq at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.r
17 “Three timess a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.
18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.t
“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.u
19 “Bring the best of the firstfruitsv of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.w
God’s Angel to Prepare the Way
20 “See, I am sending an angelx ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.y 21 Pay attention to him and listenz to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgivea your rebellion,b since my Namec is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and dod all that I say, I will be an enemye to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites,f and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worshipg them or follow their practices.h You must demolishi them and break their sacred stonesj to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God,k and his blessingl will be on your food and water. I will take away sicknessm from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barrenn in your land. I will give you a full life span.o
27 “I will send my terrorp ahead of you and throw into confusionq every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.r 28 I will send the hornets ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittitest out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animalsu too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possessionv of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Seaa to the Mediterranean Sea,b and from the desert to the Euphrates River.w I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them outx before you. 32 Do not make a covenanty with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snarez to you.”
24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron,a Nadab and Abihu,b and seventy of the eldersc of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2 but Moses alone is to approachd the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”
3 When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,e they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”f 4 Moses then wroteg down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next morning and built an altarh at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillarsi representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offeringsj and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offeringsk to the Lord. 6 Mosesl took half of the bloodm and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashedn against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenanto and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”p
8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the peopleq and said, “This is the blood of the covenantr that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elderss of Israel went up 10 and sawt the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,u as bright blue as the sky.v 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saww God, and they ate and drank.x
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stoney with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13 Then Moses set out with Joshuaz his aide, and Moses went up on the mountaina of God. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hurb are with you, and anyone involved in a disputec can go to them.”
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloudd covered it, 16 and the glorye of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai.f For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.g 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fireh on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain fortyi days and forty nights.j
25 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart promptsk them to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarnl and fine linen; goat hair; 5 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leathera;m acacia wood;n 6 olive oilo for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;p 7 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephodq and breastpiece.r
8 “Then have them make a sanctuarys for me, and I will dwellt among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the patternu I will show you.
10 “Have them make an arkb v of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.c 11 Overlayw it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. 12 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two ringsx on one side and two rings on the other. 13 Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.y 14 Insert the polesz into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. 15 The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.a 16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,b which I will give you.
17 “Make an atonement coverc of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And make two cherubimd out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 19 Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. 20 The cherubime are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowingf the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. 21 Place the cover on top of the arkg and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant lawh that I will give you. 22 There, above the cover between the two cherubimi that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meetj with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.k
23 “Make a tablel of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.d 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 25 Also make around it a rim a handbreadthe wide and put a gold molding on the rim. 26 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are. 27 The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with goldm and carry the table with them. 29 And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings.n 30 Put the bread of the Presenceo on this table to be before me at all times.
31 “Make a lampstandp of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 35 One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. 36 The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.q
37 “Then make its seven lampsr and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. 38 Its wick trimmers and trayss are to be of pure gold. 39 A talentf of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories. 40 See that you make them according to the patternt shown you on the mountain.
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