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And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
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so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
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and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
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Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
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Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
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When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
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“Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.”
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“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
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“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
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Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”
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Hebrew Servants
“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
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If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
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If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
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“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
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“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
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If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
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“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
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And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
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Social Responsibility
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
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If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
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“Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.
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All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.
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They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
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“‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.
