Exodus 23

1Thou shalt not accept a false reportH8088; extend not thy handH3027 to the wickedH7563, to beH1961 an unrighteous witnessH5707. 2Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evilH7451; neither shalt thou answerH6030 in a causeH7379, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment]. 3Neither shalt thou favour a poorH1800 man in his causeH7379. 4— If thou meetH6293 thine enemy's oxH7794 or his ass goingH7725 astrayH8582, thou shalt certainly bringH7725 it backH7725 to him. 5If thou seeH7200 the ass of him that hateth thee lyingH7257 under its burdenH4853, beware of leavingH5800 [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him. 6Thou shalt not pervert the judgmentH4941 of thy poor in his causeH7379. 7Thou shalt keep farH7368 from the cause of falsehoodH8267; and the innocentH5355 and righteousH6662 slayH2026 not; for I will not justifyH6663 the wickedH7563. 8And thou shalt takeH3947 no bribeH7810; for the bribeH7810 blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the wordsH1697 of the righteousH6662. 9And the stranger thou shalt not oppressH3905; for ye knowH3045 the spirit of the stranger, for ye have beenH1961 strangers in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 10And sixH8337 yearsH8141 thou shalt sowH2232 thy landH776, and gatherH622 in its produceH8393; 11but in the seventhH7637 thou shalt let it restH3499 and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy peopleH5971 may eatH398 [of it]; and what they leaveH5203, the beasts of the fieldH7704 shall eatH398. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyardH3754, and with thine olive-tree. 12— SixH8337 daysH3117 thou shalt do thy workH4639, but on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 thou shalt restH5117; that thine oxH7794 and thine ass may restH5117, and the sonH1121 of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshedH5314. 13And ye shall be on your guardH8104 as to everythingH3605 that I have saidH559 unto you; and shall makeH8085 no mention of the nameH8034 of otherH312 1godsH430 — it shall not be heardH8085 in thy mouthH6310. 14Thrice in the yearH8141 thou shalt celebrateH2287 a feast to me. 15Thou shalt keepH8104 the feastH2282 of unleavenedH4682 breadH4682, (thou shalt eatH398 unleavenedH4682 breadH4682 sevenH7651 daysH3117, as I have commandedH6680 thee, in the time appointedH4150 of the monthH2320 AbibH24; for in it thou camest out from EgyptH4714; and none shall appearH7200 in my presenceH6440 emptyH7387;) 16and the feastH2282 of harvestH7105, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sownH2232 in the fieldH7704, and the feastH2282 of in-gathering, at the end of the yearH8141, whenH834 thou gatherest in thy labours out of the fieldH7704. 17ThreeH7969 timesH6471 in the yearH8141 all thy malesH2138 shall appearH7200 in the presenceH6440 of the Lord Jehovah. 18Thou shalt not offerH2076 the bloodH1818 of my sacrificeH2077 with leavenedH2557 bread; neither shall the fatH2459 of my feastH2282 remainH3885 all night until the morningH1242. 19The firstH7225 of the first-fruits of thy landH127 thou shalt bringH935 into the houseH1004 of Jehovah thy 2GodH430. Thou shalt not boilH1310 a kid in its mother's milkH2461. 20Behold, I sendH7971 an AngelH4397 before thee, to keepH8104 thee in the wayH1870, and to bringH935 thee to the placeH4725 that I have preparedH3559. 21Be careful in his presenceH6440, and hearken unto his voiceH6963: do not provoke him, for he will not forgiveH5375 your transgressionsH6588; for my nameH8034 is in him. 22But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voiceH6963, and do all that I shall sayH1696, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries. 23For mine AngelH4397 shall goH935 before thee, and bringH935 thee in unto the AmoritesH567 and the HittitesH2850 and the Perizzites and the CanaanitesH3669, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24Thou shalt not bowH7812 down to their 3godsH430, nor serveH5647 them, nor do after their deedsH4639; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatterH7665 their statues. 25And ye shall serveH5647 Jehovah your 4GodH430; and he shall blessH1288 thy breadH3899 and thy waterH4325; and I will take sicknessH4245 awayH5493 from thy midstH7130. 26There shall nothing cast their young, nor beH1961 barrenH6135, in thy landH776; the numberH4557 of thy daysH3117 will I fulfil. 27I will sendH7971 my fear before thee, and confound every peopleH5971 to which thou comest, and will makeH5414 all thine enemiesH341 turn their backH6203 to thee. 28And I will sendH7971 hornetsH6880 before thee, which shall driveH1644 out the HiviteH2340, the CanaaniteH3669, and the HittiteH2850, from before thee. 29I will not driveH1644 them out from before thee in oneH259 yearH8141: lestH6435 the landH776 becomeH1961 desolate, and the beast of the fieldH7704 multiply against thee. 30By littleH4592 and littleH4592 I will driveH1644 them out from before thee, until thou art fruitfulH6509, and possessH5157 the landH776. 31And I will setH5414 thy bounds from the Red SeaH3220 even unto the seaH3220 of the PhilistinesH6430, and from the wildernessH4057 unto the riverH5104; for I will giveH5414 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 into your handH3027, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee. 32Thou shalt makeH3772 no covenantH1285 with them, nor with their 5godsH430. 33They shall not dwellH3427 in thy landH776, lestH6435 they make thee sinH2398 against me; for if thou serveH5647 their 6godsH430, it is sure to beH1961 a snareH4170 unto thee.