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Verse 1

Thou shalt not take up{H5375} a false{H7723} report:{H8088} put{H7896} not thy hand{H3027} with the wicked{H7563} to be an unrighteous{H2555} witness.{H5707}

Verse 2

Thou shalt not follow{H310} a multitude{H7227} to do evil;{H7451} neither shalt thou speak{H6030} in a cause{H7379} to turn aside{H5186} after{H310} a multitude{H7227} to wrest{H5186} [justice]:

Verse 3

neither shalt thou favor{H1921} a poor{H1800} man in his cause.{H7379}

Verse 4

If thou meet{H6293} thine enemy's{H341} ox{H7794} or his ass{H2543} going astray,{H8582} thou shalt surely{H7725} bring it back{H7725} to him again.{H7725}

Verse 5

If thou see{H7200} the ass{H2543} of him that hateth{H8130} thee lying{H7257} under his burden,{H4853} thou shalt forbear{H2308} to leave{H5800} him, thou shalt surely{H5800} release{H5800} [it] with him.

Verse 6

Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to thy poor{H34} in his cause.{H7379}

Verse 7

Keep thee far{H7368} from a false{H8267} matter;{H1697} and the innocent{H5355} and righteous{H6662} slay{H2026} thou not: for I will not justify{H6663} the wicked.{H7563}

Verse 8

And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}

Verse 9

And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not oppress:{H3905} for ye know{H3045} the heart{H5315} of a sojourner,{H1616} seeing{H3588} ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 10

And six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt sow{H2232} thy land,{H776} and shalt gather{H622} in the increase{H8393} thereof:

Verse 11

but the seventh{H7637} year thou shalt let it rest{H8058} and lie{H5203} fallow, that the poor{H34} of thy people{H5971} may eat:{H398} and what they leave{H3499} the beast{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall eat.{H398} In like manner thou shalt deal{H6213} with thy vineyard,{H3754} [and] with thy oliveyard.{H2132}

Verse 12

Six{H8337} days{H3117} thou shalt do{H6213} thy work,{H4639} and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} thou shalt rest;{H7673} that thine ox{H7794} and thine ass{H2543} may have rest,{H5117} and the son{H1121} of thy handmaid,{H519} and the sojourner,{H1616} may be refreshed.{H5314}

Verse 13

And in all things that I have said{H559} unto you take ye heed:{H8104} and make no mention{H2142} of the name{H8034} of other{H312} gods,{H430} neither let it be heard{H8085} out{H5921} of thy mouth.{H6310}

Verse 14

Three{H7969} times{H7272} thou shalt keep a feast{H2287} unto me in the year.{H8141}

Verse 15

The feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} shalt thou keep:{H8104} seven{H7651} days{H3117} thou shalt eat{H398} unleavened bread,{H4682} as I commanded{H6680} thee, at the time appointed{H4150} in the month{H2320} Abib{H24} (for in it thou camest out{H3318} from Egypt);{H4714} and none shall appear{H7200} before{H6440} me empty:{H7387}

Verse 16

and the feast{H2282} of harvest,{H7105} the first-fruits{H1061} of thy labors,{H4639} which thou sowest{H2232} in the field:{H7704} and the feast{H2282} of ingathering,{H614} at the end{H3318} of the year,{H8141} when thou gatherest{H622} in thy labors{H4639} out of the field.{H7704}

Verse 17

Three{H7969} times{H6471} in the year{H8141} all thy males{H2138} shall appear{H7200} before{H6440} the Lord{H113} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 18

Thou shalt not offer{H2076} the blood{H1818} of my sacrifice{H2077} with leavened bread;{H2557} neither shall the fat{H2459} of my feast{H2282} remain{H3885} all night until the morning.{H1242}

Verse 19

The first{H7225} of the first-fruits{H1061} of thy ground{H127} thou shalt bring{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430} Thou shalt not boil{H1310} a kid{H1423} in it mother's{H517} milk.{H2461}

Verse 20

Behold, I send{H7971} an angel{H4397} before{H6440} thee, to keep{H8104} thee by the way,{H1870} and to bring{H935} thee into the place{H4725} which I have prepared.{H3559}

Verse 21

Take ye heed{H8104} before{H6440} him, and hearken{H8085} unto his voice;{H6963} provoke{H4843} him not; for he will not pardon{H5375} your transgression:{H6588} for my name{H8034} is in him.{H7130}

Verse 22

But if thou shalt indeed{H8085} hearken{H8085} unto his voice,{H6963} and do{H6213} all that I speak;{H1696} then I will be an enemy{H340} unto thine enemies,{H341} and an adversary{H6887} unto thine adversaries.{H6696}

Verse 23

For mine angel{H4397} shall go{H3212} before{H6440} thee, and bring{H935} thee in unto the Amorite,{H567} and the Hittite,{H2850} and the Perizzite,{H6522} and the Canaanite,{H3669} the Hivite,{H2340} and the Jebusite:{H2983} and I will cut them off.{H3582}

Verse 24

Thou shalt not bow down{H7812} to their gods,{H430} nor serve{H5647} them, nor do{H6213} after their works;{H4639} but thou shalt utterly{H2040} overthrow{H2040} them, and{H7665} break in pieces{H7665} their pillars.{H4676}

Verse 25

And ye shall serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and he will bless{H1288} thy bread,{H3899} and thy water;{H4325} and I will take{H5493} sickness{H4245} away{H5493} from the midst{H7130} of thee.

Verse 26

There shall none cast her young,{H7921} nor be barren,{H6135} in thy land:{H776} the number{H4557} of thy days{H3117} I will fulfil.{H4390}

Verse 27

I will send{H7971} my terror{H367} before{H6440} thee, and will discomfit{H2000} all the people{H5971} to whom thou shalt come,{H935} and I will make{H5414} all thine enemies{H341} turn their backs{H6203} unto thee.

Verse 28

And I will send{H7971} the hornet{H6880} before{H6440} thee, which shall drive out{H1644} the Hivite,{H2340} the Canaanite,{H3669} and the Hittite,{H2850} from before{H6440} thee.

Verse 29

I will not drive them out{H1644} from before{H6440} thee in one{H259} year,{H8141} lest the land{H776} become desolate,{H8077} and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} multiply{H7227} against thee.

Verse 30

By little{H4592} and little{H4592} I will drive them out{H1644} from before{H6440} thee, until thou be increased,{H6509} and inherit{H5157} the land.{H776}

Verse 31

And I will set{H7896} thy border{H1366} from the Red{H5488} Sea{H3220} even unto the sea{H3220} of the Philistines,{H6430} and from the wilderness{H4057} unto the River:{H5104} for I will deliver{H5414} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} into your hand;{H3027} and thou shalt drive them out{H1644} before{H6440} thee.

Verse 32

Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430}

Verse 33

They shall not dwell{H3427} in thy land,{H776} lest they make thee sin{H2398} against me; for if thou serve{H5647} their gods,{H430} it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.

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