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The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.

In the morning you will see the dazzling light of the Lord 's presence. He has heard your complaints against him—yes, against him, because we are only carrying out his instructions."

The Lord has commanded that each of you is to gather as much of it as he needs, two quarts for each member of his household."

Remember that I, the Lord , have given you a day of rest, and that is why on the sixth day I will always give you enough food for two days. Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day and not leave his home."

As long as Moses held up his arms, the Israelites won, but when he put his arms down, the Amalekites started winning.

When Moses' arms grew tired, Aaron and Hur brought a stone for him to sit on, while they stood beside him and held up his arms, holding them steady until the sun went down.

and said, "Praise the Lord , who saved you from the king and the people of Egypt! Praise the Lord , who saved his people from slavery!

God spoke, and these were his words:

"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."

If he was unmarried when he became your slave, he is not to take a wife with him when he leaves; but if he was married when he became your slave, he may take his wife with him.

If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the woman and her children belong to the master, and the man is to leave by himself.

But if the slave declares that he loves his master, his wife, and his children and does not want to be set free,

then his master shall take him to the place of worship. There he is to make him stand against the door or the doorpost and put a hole through his ear. Then he will be his slave for life.

"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.

If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.

If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he is to treat her like a daughter.

If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.

"Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.

"Whoever curses his father or his mother is to be put to death.

"If there is a fight and someone hits someone else with a stone or with his fist, but does not kill him, he is not to be punished. If the one who was hit has to stay in bed, but later is able to get up and walk outside with the help of a cane, the one who hit him is to pay for his lost time and take care of him until he gets well.