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And these are the judgments which you shall put before them:

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years And in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

If he comes in with his body, he shall go out with his body. If he was the husband of a wife, his wife shall go out with him.

If his master gives him a wife, and she bears sons or daughters to him, the wife and her children shall belong to her master; and he shall go out with his body.

And if the slave truly says, I love my master, my wife and my children; I do not desire to go out free,

his master shall bring him to God, and one shall bring him to the door, or to the doorpost; and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

And when a man sells his daughter for a slave-girl, she shall not go out as the male slaves go out.

If she is bad in the eyes of her master who has appointed her for himself, he shall allow her redemption. He shall not have power to sell her to a foreign people, in his deceiving her.

And if he chooses her for his son, he shall do to her as is the custom of daughters.

If he takes another for himself, her flesh, her clothing, and her conjugal right shall not be diminished.

And if he does not do these three for her, she shall go out for nothing, without silver.

He that strikes a man so that he dies, dying he shall die.

But he who does not lie in wait, and God lets fall into his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

And when a man seethes insolently against his neighbor, to kill him by deceit, you shall take him from My altar to die.

And he who strikes his father or his mother dying shall die.

And he that steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, dying he shall die.

And he who curses his father or his mother, dying he shall die.

And when men strive, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone, or with a fist, and he does not die, but falls on his bed,

if he rises and walks about in the street on his staff, the one who struck him shall be innocent; only he shall pay his sitting; paying he shall pay for his healing.

And if a man strikes his male slave or his slave-girl with a rod, and he dies under his hand, avenging he shall be avenged.

But if he continues a day or two, he shall not be avenged, for he is his silver.

And when men fight, and they strike a pregnant woman, and her child goes forth, and there is no injury, being fined he shall be fined. As much as the husband of the woman shall put on him, even he shall give through the judges.

But if injury occurs, you shall give life for life,

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

branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

And when a man strikes the eye of his male slave, or the eye of his slave-girl and destroys it, he shall send him away free for his eye.

And if he causes the tooth of his male slave, or the tooth of his slave-girl, to fall out, he shall send him away free for his tooth.

And when an ox gores a man so that he dies, the ox stoning shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox is innocent.

And if he was an ox apt to gore from yesterday and the third day, and its owner is given warning, and he does not watch him, and he kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall die.

If a ransom is put on him, he shall give the redemption of his life, according to all which is put on him.

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

If the ox gores a male slave or a slave-girl, he shall give thirty silver shekels to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.

And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,

the owner of the pit shall pay; he shall give silver to its owner, and the dead shall be his.

And when a man's ox strikes against the ox of his neighbor, and it dies, they shall sell the living ox, and they shall divide the silver; and they shall also divide the dead.

Or if it was known that he was an ox apt to gore from yesterday and the third day, and his owner does not watch him, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his.

When a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

If the thief is found breaking in, and is stricken and dies, no blood shall be shed for him.

If the sun has risen on him, blood is due for him; repaying he shall repay. If he has nothing, then he should be sold for his theft.

If the stolen thing finding is found in his hand alive, from ox to ass to flock animal, he shall pay double.

When a man consumes a field or a vineyard, and he lets his beast loose and it consumes another's field, he shall repay the best of his field and the best of his vineyard.

When fire breaks out and finds thorns, and shocked grain, or standing grain, or the field is burned up, repaying the one kindling the fire shall repay.

When a man gives silver or vessels to his neighbor to keep, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall repay double.

If the thief is not found, the master of the house shall be brought to God, to see whether or not he put out his hand to his neighbor's goods.

In every matter of trespass, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, for anything lost of which it is said that it is his, the case of both of them shall come to God. Whom God declares guilty, he shall repay double to his neighbor.

When a man gives an ass or an ox to his neighbor; or a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, or is injured, or is captured, no one seeing it,

an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. And its owner shall take it, and he shall not repay.

And if it is indeed stolen from him, he shall repay to its owner.

If it is completely torn in pieces, he shall bring it as a witness; he shall not repay that which was torn.

And when a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, its owner not being with it, paying he shall repay.

If its owner is with it, he shall not repay. If it is hired, it comes for its hire.

And when a man lures a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, paying he shall pay her dowry for a wife to himself.

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

You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

Anyone lying with an animal, dying he shall die.

One sacrificing to a god shall be destroyed, unless it is only to Jehovah.

You shall not be violent toward an alien. You shall not oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

You shall not afflict an orphan or a widow.

If you afflict him, if he at all cries to Me, hearing I will hear his cry,

and My anger shall glow, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall become widows, and your sons orphans.

If you lend money to My people, the poor with you, you shall not be as a money-lender to him; you shall not put interest on him.

If you indeed take the clothing of your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him by the going of the sun,

for that is his only covering, that is his covering for his skin. In what shall he lie down? And it shall be, when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

You shall not revile God, and you shall not curse a ruler among your people.

You shall not delay giving the fullness of your crops and the juices of your vintage . You shall give to Me the first-born of your sons.

So you shall do to your oxen, to your sheep: it shall be seven days with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

And you shall be holy men to Me. And you shall not eat flesh torn in pieces; you shall throw it to the dogs.

You shall not utter a false report; You shall not put your hand with the wicked, to become a violent witness.

You shall not run after many to gain evil things. And you shall not testify as to a lawsuit, to turn aside after many in order to pervert justice .

And you shall not favor the lowly in his lawsuit.

When you happen on the ox of your enemy, or his wandering ass, returning you shall return it to him.

When you see the ass of one who hates you crouching under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving the matter to him; loosing you shall loose it from him.

You shall not pervert the judgment of your needy one in his lawsuit.

You shall keep far away from a false matter. And do not kill the innocent and the righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

And you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the seeing one, and it perverts the words of the righteous.

And you shall not oppress an alien; and you know the life of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

And you shall sow your land six years, and you shall gather its produce.

And the seventh year you shall let it rest and let it alone, and the needy of your people shall eat. And what they leave, the animals of the field shall eat. So you shall do to your vineyard, to your oliveyard.

You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your slave-girl and your alien may be refreshed.

And be watchful in all that I have said to you. And you shall not mention another god by name; it shall not be heard from your mouth.

Three times in the year you shall make a feast to Me.

You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread . Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread , as I have commanded you, at the set time of the month of Abib. For in it you came out from Egypt, and they shall not appear before Meempty.

Also the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. Also the Feast of Ingathering, at the end of the year, at your gathering your work from the field.

Three times in the year every one of your males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven. And the fat of My feast shall not pass the night until morning.

The first, the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Behold, I am about to send an Angel before you, to guard you in the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.

Be on guard before Him, and listen to His voice. Do not be rebellious against Him, for He will not forgive your transgressions; for My name is in Him.

For if you fully listen to His voice, and do all which I speak, I will be an enemy to those distressing you, and will be a foe to your foes.

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

You shall not bow down to their gods, and you shall not serve them. And you shall not do according to their works. But tearing you shall tear them down, and smashing you shall smash their pillars.

And you shall serve Jehovah your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will remove sickness from your midst.

There shall not be one miscarrying, nor one barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

I will send My terror before you, and I will confound all the people among whom you come. And I will give the neck of your enemies to you.

And I will send hornets before you which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, that the land not become a waste, and the beast of the field multiply on you.

I will drive them out before you little by little, until you are fruitful and possess the land.

And I will set your border from the Sea of Reeds as far as the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness as far as the River. For I will give the people of the land into your hand. And you shall drive them out before you.

You shall not cut a covenant for them and for their gods.

They shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin towards Me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare to you.

And He said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel. And bow yourselves from a distance.

And let Moses approach by himself to Jehovah, and they shall not approach. And the people shall not go up with him.

And Moses came and told all the words of Jehovah to the people, and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, We will do all the Words which Jehovah has spoken.

And Moses wrote all the Words of Jehovah. And he rose early in the morning and built an altar below the mountain, and twelve memorial pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he sent young men of the sons of Israel. And they offered up burnt offerings, and offered sacrifices of bulls, peace offerings to Jehovah.

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

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, We will do all that Jehovah has spoken, and we will hear.

And Moses took the blood and sprinkled on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah has cut with you concerning these words.

And Moses and Aaron went up with Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel.

And they saw the God of Israel. And under His feet was as the work of a pavement of sapphire, and the same as the essence of the heavens for clearness.

And He did not stretch out His hand to the nobles of the sons of Israel. And they saw God, and they ate and drank.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me to the mountain, and be there. And I will give to you the tablets of stone, and the Law, and the commandments which I have written, to teach them.

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant. And Moses went up to the mountain of God.

And he said to the elders, Wait here for us until we return to you. And, behold, Aaron, who is a master of matters, and Hur, are with you; let him with difficulties approach to them.

And Moses went up into the mountain. And a cloud covered the mountain.

And the glory of Jehovah dwelt on the mountain of Sinai. And the cloud covered it six days. And He called to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like fire burning on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the sons of Israel.

And Moses came into the midst of the cloud, and he went up into the mountain. And Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.