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Exodus 20:25-26
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Exodus 20:25-26
New American Standard Bible
25 And if you make an altar of stone for Me, (A)you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your chisel on it, you will profane it. 26 And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that (B)your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’
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Exodus 20:25-26
New International Version
Exodus 20:25-26
New International Version
25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool(A) on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts(B) may be exposed.’
Exodus 20:25-26
King James Version
Exodus 20:25-26
King James Version
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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Exodus 21:1-2
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Exodus 21:1-2
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Ordinances for the People
21 “Now these are the (A)ordinances which you are to set before them:
2 “If you buy (B)a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall leave as a free man without a payment to you.
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Exodus 21:1-2
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Exodus 21:1-2
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21 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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Exodus 21:5-6
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Exodus 21:5-6
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5 But (A)if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not leave as a free man,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to [a]God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an [b]awl; and he shall serve him permanently.
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- Exodus 21:6 Or the judges (who acted in God’s name)
- Exodus 21:6 I.e., a pointed tool
Exodus 21:5-6
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Exodus 21:5-6
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5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’(A) 6 then his master must take him before the judges.[a](B) He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce(C) his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(D)
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- Exodus 21:6 Or before God
Exodus 21:5-6
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Exodus 21:5-6
King James Version
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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