(A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked. (D)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

(E)“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals

10 (F)“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

12 (G)“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

13 (H)“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

14 (I)“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. 15 (J)You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of (K)Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. (L)None shall appear before me empty-handed. 16 You shall keep (M)the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the (N)Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. 17 (O)Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.

18 (P)“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.

19 “The best of the (Q)firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God.

(R)“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Conquest of Canaan Promised

20 (S)“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; (T)do not rebel against him, (U)for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

22 “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then (V)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 (W)“When my angel goes before you and brings you (X)to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, 24 you shall (Y)not bow down to their gods nor serve them, (Z)nor do as they do, but (AA)you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (AB)pillars in pieces. 25 You (AC)shall serve the Lord your God, and (AD)he[a] will bless your bread and your water, and (AE)I will take sickness away from among you. 26 (AF)None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the (AG)number of your days. 27 I will send (AH)my terror before you and will throw into (AI)confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:25 Septuagint, Vulgate I

Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)

“Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(F) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Sabbath Laws

10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.(G) Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

12 “Six days do your work,(H) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.(I)

13 “Be careful(J) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(K) do not let them be heard on your lips.(L)

The Three Annual Festivals

14 “Three times(M) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(N) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(O) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(P)

16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest(Q) with the firstfruits(R) of the crops you sow in your field.

“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering(S) at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.(T)

17 “Three times(U) a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.

18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.(V)

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.(W)

19 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(X) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(Y)

God’s Angel to Prepare the Way

20 “See, I am sending an angel(Z) ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.(AA) 21 Pay attention to him and listen(AB) to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive(AC) your rebellion,(AD) since my Name(AE) is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do(AF) all that I say, I will be an enemy(AG) to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites,(AH) and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship(AI) them or follow their practices.(AJ) You must demolish(AK) them and break their sacred stones(AL) to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God,(AM) and his blessing(AN) will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness(AO) from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren(AP) in your land. I will give you a full life span.(AQ)

27 “I will send my terror(AR) ahead of you and throw into confusion(AS) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.(AT)

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