Exodus 23
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Exodus 23:5-15

51IfH3588 you seeH7200 the donkeyH2543 of one who hatesH8130 you lyingH7257 helpless underH8478 its loadH4853, you shall not leaveH5800 it helpless for 2its owner; you mustH5800 arrangeH5800 the load with him.

6“3You shall not pervertH5186 the justiceH4941 due to your needyH34 brother in his disputeH7379. 74KeepH7368 farH7368 from a falseH8267 chargeH1697, and 5do not killH2026 the innocentH5355 or the righteousH6662, for 6I will not acquitH6663 the guiltyH7563.

8“7You shall not takeH3947 a bribeH7810, for a bribeH7810 blindsH5786 the clear-sightedH6493 and 8subvertsH5557 the causeH1697 of the justH6662.

9“9You shall not oppressH3905 a strangerH1616, since you yourselvesH864 knowH3045 the 10feelingsH5315 of a strangerH1616, for you also were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

10“Now 11you shall sowH2232 your landH776 for sixH8337 yearsH8141 and gatherH622 inH622 its yieldH8393, 11but in the seventhH7637 yearH7637 you shall letH8058 it 12restH8058 and lieH5203 uncultivatedH5203, so that the needyH34 of your peopleH5971 may eatH398; and whateverH3499 they leaveH3499 the animalH2421 of the fieldH7704 may eatH398. You are to doH6213 the sameH3651 with your vineyardH3754 and your oliveH2132 groveH2132.

12“13For sixH8337 daysH3117 you are to doH6213 your workH4639, but on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 you shall ceaseH7673 from labor soH4616 thatH4616 your oxH7794 and your donkeyH2543 may restH5117, and the sonH1121 of your femaleH519 slaveH519, as well as the strangerH1616 residing with you, may refreshH5314 themselves. 13Now 14concerning everythingH3605 whichH834 I have saidH559 to you, beH8104 carefulH8104; and 15do not mentionH2142 the nameH8034 of otherH312 godsH430, norH3808 let them be heardH8085 16from your mouthH6310.

14“17ThreeH7969 timesH7272 a yearH8141 you shall celebrateH2287 aH2287 feastH2287 to Me. 15You shall keepH8104 18the FeastH2282 of UnleavenedH4682 BreadH4682; for sevenH7651 daysH3117 you are to eatH398 unleavenedH4682 breadH4682, as I commandedH6680 you, at the appointedH4150 timeH4150 in the 19monthH2320 of AbibH24, for in 20that month you cameH3318 outH3318 of EgyptH4714. And 2122noH3808 oneH3808 is to appearH7200 beforeH6440 Me empty-handedH7387.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 23:5 Deut 22:4 ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 23:5 Lit him ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 23:6 Ex 23:2, 3; Lev 19:15 ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:16; Ps 119:29; Eph 4:25 ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 23:7 Ex 20:13; Deut 27:25 ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 23:7 Ex 34:7; Deut 25:1; Rom 1:18 ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 23:8 Deut 10:17; 16:19; Prov 15:27; 17:8, 23; Is 5:22, 23 ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 23:9 Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33f; Deut 24:17f; 27:19 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 23:9 Lit soul ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 23:10 Lev 25:1-7 ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 23:11 Lit drop ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 23:12 Ex 20:8-11; 31:15; 34:21; 35:2, 3; Lev 23:3; Deut 5:13f ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 23:13 Deut 4:9, 23; 1 Tim 4:16 ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 23:13 Josh 23:7; Ps 16:4; Hos 2:17 ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 23:13 Lit on ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 23:14 Ex 23:17; 34:22-24; Deut 16:16 ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 23:15 Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:6-8; Num 28:16-25 ↩
  19. 19. Exodus 23:15 Ex 12:2; 13:4 ↩
  20. 20. Exodus 23:15 Lit it ↩
  21. 21. Exodus 23:15 Lit they shall not ↩
  22. 22. Exodus 23:15 Ex 22:29; 34:20 ↩

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