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"‘If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or small livestock or any beast to watch over and it dies or is injured or is captured when there is no one who sees,

the oath of Yahweh will be between the two of them concerning whether or not he has reached out his hand to his neighbor's possession, and its owner will accept this, and he will not make restitution.

"‘If a man borrows from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he will make restitution.

"‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and he lies with her, he surely will give her bride price to have her as his wife.

If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress.

because it is his only garment; it is his cloak for his skin. In what will he sleep? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, because I am gracious.

You will not be partial to a powerless person in his legal dispute.

"‘If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him.

"‘You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, because he will not forgive your transgression, for my name is in him.

But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

And they saw the God of Israel, and what was under his feet was like sapphire tile work and like the very heavens for clearness.

And toward the leaders of the Israelites he did not stretch out his hand, and they beheld God, and they ate, and they drank.

And Moses got up, and Joshua, his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

In the tent of assembly outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will arrange it, from evening until morning, before Yahweh as a lasting statute throughout their generations from the Israelites.

"And bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from the midst of the Israelites to serve as priests for me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

And you will speak to all the skilled of heart, whom I have given a gift of skill, and they will make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him for his serving as my priest.

And these are the garments that they will make: A breast piece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of specially woven fabric, a turban and a sash. And they will make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and for his sons to serve as priests for me.

And the waistband of his ephod, which is on it, will be of like work to it—gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen.

And you will set the two stones on the ephod's shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the Israelites, and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulder pieces for remembrance.