Jan 19 - Exodus 22-24
Exodus
1"If anyone will have stolen an ox or a sheep, and if he kills it or sells it, then he will restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep2If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood3But if he did this when the sun was risen, he has perpetrated a homicide, and he shall die. If he does not have the means to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold4If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double5If there is any damage to a field or a vineyard, when he has released his cattle to pasture on the land of a stranger, he shall repay the best of what he has in his own field, or in his own vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage6If a fire will have been discovered departing from brush, and taking hold in stacks of grain, or in crops standing in the fields, whoever ignited the fire shall repay the damages7If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double8If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor9so as to perpetrate any fraud, such as with an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, or clothing, nor to do anything that would be able to cause damage. The case of both shall be brought before the heavens. And if they give judgment against him, he shall repay double to his neighbor10If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it11then there shall be an oath between them, that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor. And the owner shall accept the oath, and he will not be compelled to make restitution12But if it will have been taken away by theft, he shall repay the damages to the owner13If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution14If anyone borrows from his neighbor any of these things, and it has died or been disabled when the owner was not present, he shall be compelled to make restitution15But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work16If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife17If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive18You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live19Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death20Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed21You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt22You shall not harm a widow or an orphan23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry24And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans25If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury26If you take a garment from your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him again before the setting of the sun27For it is all that he has to cover himself, to clothe his body; nor does he have anything else in which to sleep. If he cries out to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate28You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people29You shall not delay in paying your tithes and your first-fruits. You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me30You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me31You shall be holy men for me. The flesh, from which beasts will have tasted, you shall not eat, but you will throw it to the dogs.
1"You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf on the impious2You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth3Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor4If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him5If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him6You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor7You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious8Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just9You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt10For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce11But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove12For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed13Preserve all that I have said to you. And by the names of foreign gods you shall not swear; neither shall these be heard from your mouth14Three times in each year, you shall celebrate feasts to me15You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, at the time of the month of new grain, when you departed from Egypt. You shall not appear empty-handed in my sight16for it is the solemnity of the harvest of the first-fruits of your work, of whatever you have sown in the field. Likewise, it is a solemnity at the end of the season, when you will have gathered in all your crops from the field17Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God18You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven, nor shall the fat of my solemnity remain until morning19You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother20Behold, I will send my Angel, who will go before you, and preserve you on your journey, and lead you into the place that I have prepared21Heed him, and hear his voice, and do not hold him in disregard. For he will not release you when you have sinned, and my name is in him22But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you23And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush24You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues25And you shall serve the Lord your God, so that I may bless your bread and your waters, and so that I may take away sickness from your midst26There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days27I will send my terror to run ahead of you, and I will kill all the people to whom you will enter. And I will turn the backs of all your enemies before you28sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter29I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you30I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land31Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight32You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods33They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.
1He also said to Moses: "Ascend to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders out of Israel, and adore from a distance2And only Moses will ascend to the Lord, and these shall not approach. Neither shall the people ascend with him.3Therefore, Moses went and explained to the people all the words of the Lord, as well as the judgments. And all the people responded with one voice: "We will do all the words of the Lord, which he has spoken.4Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And rising up in the morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel5And he sent youths from the sons of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and they immolated calves as peace-offerings to the Lord6And so Moses took one half part of the blood, and he put it into bowls. Then the remaining part he poured over the altar7And taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient.8In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words.9And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended10And they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone, or like the sky, when it is serene11Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the sons of Israel who were at a distance. And they saw God, and they ate and drank12Then the Lord said to Moses: "Ascend to me on the mountain, and be there. And I will give to you tablets of stone, and the law and the commandments that I have written. So may you teach them.13Moses rose up, with Joshua his minister. And Moses, ascending on the mountain of God14said to the elders: "Wait here, until we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you. If any question arises, you shall refer it to them.15And when Moses had ascended, a cloud covered the mountain16And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud for six days. And on the seventh day, he called to him from the middle of the mist17Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire over the summit of the mountain in the sight of the sons of Israel18And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, ascended the mountain. And he was there for forty days and forty nights