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When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws."

So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.

"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."

And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin."

If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also 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 if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

"But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

"He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

"And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

"If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

"And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.