Exodus 21:23

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

Exodus 21:24

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Exodus 21:25

burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

Exodus 21:26

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

Exodus 21:27

If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

Exodus 21:28

“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

Exodus 21:29

But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

Exodus 21:30

If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

Exodus 21:31

Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

Exodus 21:32

If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

Exodus 21:33

“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

Exodus 21:34

the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

Exodus 21:35

“If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

Exodus 21:36

Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

Exodus 22:1

“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.

Exodus 22:2

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

Exodus 22:3

If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Exodus 22:4

If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Exodus 22:5

“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.

Exodus 22:6

“If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Exodus 22:7

“If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

Exodus 22:8

If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn’t put his hand to his neighbor’s goods.

Exodus 22:9

For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

Exodus 22:10

“If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;

Exodus 22:11

the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn’t put his hand to his neighbor’s goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

Exodus 22:12

But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

Exodus 22:13

If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

Exodus 22:14

“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

Exodus 22:15

If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.

Exodus 22:16

“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

Exodus 22:17

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Exodus 22:18

“You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

Exodus 22:19

“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 22:20

“He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Exodus 22:21

“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:22

“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:23

If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

Exodus 22:24

and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

Exodus 22:26

If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

Exodus 22:27

for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Exodus 22:29

“You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

Exodus 22:30

You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

Exodus 22:31

“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Exodus 23:2

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:3

neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:4

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Exodus 23:5

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Exodus 23:7

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

Exodus 23:8

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:9

“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:10

“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

Exodus 23:11

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 animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

Exodus 23:12

“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

Exodus 23:13

“Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.

Exodus 23:14

“You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.

Exodus 23:15

You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

Exodus 23:16

And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.

Exodus 23:17

Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

Exodus 23:18

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

Exodus 23:19

The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 23:20

“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

Exodus 23:21

Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

Exodus 23:22

But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

Exodus 23:23

For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

Exodus 23:24

You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

Exodus 23:26

No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

Exodus 23:27

I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

Exodus 23:28

I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

Exodus 23:29

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

Exodus 23:30

Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

Exodus 23:31

I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

Exodus 23:32

You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

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.”

Exodus 24:1

He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

Exodus 24:2

Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.”

Exodus 24:3

Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.”

Exodus 24:4

Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 24:5

He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

Exodus 24:6

Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Exodus 24:7

He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”

Exodus 24:8

Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”

Exodus 24:9

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

Exodus 24:10

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

Exodus 24:11

He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

Exodus 24:12

Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”

Exodus 24:13

Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.

Exodus 24:14

He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”

Exodus 24:15

Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Exodus 24:16

The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 24:17

The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 25:1

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 25:2

“Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

Exodus 25:3

This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

Exodus 25:4

blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair,