Exodus 23

1Thou shalt not raiseH5375 a falseH7723 reportH8088: putH7896 not thy handH3027 with the wickedH7563 to be an unrighteousH2555 witnessH5707.1 2Thou shalt not followH310 a multitudeH7227 to do evilH7451; neither shalt thou speakH6030 in a causeH7379 to turn asideH5186 afterH310 manyH7227 to pervertH5186 judgment :2 3Neither shalt thou countenanceH1921 a poorH1800 man in his causeH7379. 4If thou shalt meetH6293 thy enemy’sH341 oxH7794 or his donkeyH2543 going astrayH8582, thou shalt surelyH7725 bring it backH7725 to him againH7725. 5If thou shalt seeH7200 the donkeyH2543 of him that hatethH8130 thee lyingH7257 under his burdenH4853, and wouldest forbearH2308 to helpH5800 him, thou shalt surelyH5800 helpH5800 with him.3 6Thou shalt not pervertH5186 the judgmentH4941 of thy poorH34 in his causeH7379. 7Keep thee farH7368 from a falseH8267 matterH1697; and the innocentH5355 and righteousH6662 slayH2026 thou not: for I will not justifyH6663 the wickedH7563. 8And thou shalt takeH3947 no bribeH7810: for the bribeH7810 blindethH5786 the wiseH6493, and pervertethH5557 the wordsH1697 of the righteousH6662.4 9Also thou shalt not oppressH3905 a strangerH1616: for ye knowH3045 the heartH5315 of a strangerH1616, seeingH3588 ye were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.5

10And sixH8337 yearsH8141 thou shalt sowH2232 thy landH776, and shalt gatherH622 in its fruitsH8393: 11But the seventhH7637 year thou shalt let it restH8058 and lieH5203 still; that the poorH34 of thy peopleH5971 may eatH398: and what they leaveH3499 the beastsH2416 of the fieldH7704 shall eatH398. In like manner thou shalt dealH6213 with thy vineyardH3754, and with thy oliveyardH2132.6 12SixH8337 daysH3117 thou shalt doH6213 thy workH4639, and on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 thou shalt restH7673: that thy oxH7794 and thy donkeyH2543 may restH5117, and the sonH1121 of thy handmaidH519, and the strangerH1616, may be refreshedH5314. 13And in all things that I have saidH559 to you be circumspectH8104: and make no mentionH2142 of the namesH8034 of otherH312 godsH430, neither let it be heardH8085 fromH5921 thy mouthH6310. 14ThreeH7969 timesH7272 thou shalt keep a feastH2287 to me in the yearH8141. 15Thou shalt keepH8104 the feastH2282 of unleavened breadH4682: (thou shalt eatH398 unleavened breadH4682 sevenH7651 daysH3117, as I commandedH6680 thee, in the time appointedH4150 of the monthH2320 AbibH24; for in it thou camest outH3318 from EgyptH4714: and none shall appearH7200 beforeH6440 me emptyH7387:) 16And the feastH2282 of harvestH7105, the firstfruitsH1061 of thy laboursH4639, which thou hast sownH2232 in the fieldH7704: and the feastH2282 of ingatheringH614, which is in the endH3318 of the yearH8141, when thou hast gatheredH622 in thy laboursH4639 out of the fieldH7704. 17ThreeH7969 timesH6471 in the yearH8141 all thy malesH2138 shall appearH7200 beforeH6440 the LordH113 GODH3068. 18Thou shalt not offerH2076 the bloodH1818 of my sacrificeH2077 with leavened breadH2557; neither shall the fatH2459 of my sacrificeH2282 remainH3885 until the morningH1242.7 19The firstH7225 of the firstfruitsH1061 of thy landH127 thou shalt bringH935 into the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 thy GodH430. Thou shalt not boilH1310 a kidH1423 in his mother’sH517 milkH2461.

20Behold, I sendH7971 an AngelH4397 beforeH6440 thee, to keepH8104 thee in the wayH1870, and to bringH935 thee into the placeH4725 which I have preparedH3559. 21BewareH8104 ofH6440 him, and obeyH8085 his voiceH6963, provokeH4843 him not; for he will not pardonH5375 your transgressionsH6588: for my nameH8034 is in himH7130. 22But if thou shalt indeedH8085 obeyH8085 his voiceH6963, and doH6213 all that I speakH1696; then I will be an enemyH340 to thy enemiesH341, and an adversaryH6887 to thy adversariesH6696.8 23For my AngelH4397 shall goH3212 beforeH6440 thee, and bringH935 thee in to the AmoritesH567, and the HittitesH2850, and the PerizzitesH6522, and the CanaanitesH3669, and the HivitesH2340, and the JebusitesH2983: and I will cut them offH3582. 24Thou shalt not bow downH7812 to their godsH430, nor serveH5647 them, nor doH6213 after their worksH4639: but thou shalt utterlyH2040 overthrowH2040 them, and quiteH7665 break downH7665 their imagesH4676. 25And ye shall serveH5647 the LORDH3068 your GodH430, and he shall blessH1288 thy breadH3899, and thy waterH4325; and I will takeH5493 sicknessH4245 awayH5493 from the midstH7130 of thee. 26There shall nothing cast their youngH7921, nor be barrenH6135, in thy landH776: I will fulfilH4390 the numberH4557 of thy daysH3117. 27I will sendH7971 my fearH367 beforeH6440 thee, and will destroyH2000 all the peopleH5971 to whom thou shalt comeH935, and I will makeH5414 all thy enemiesH341 turn their backsH6203 to thee.9 28And I will sendH7971 hornetsH6880 beforeH6440 thee, which shall drive outH1644 the HiviteH2340, the CanaaniteH3669, and the HittiteH2850, from beforeH6440 thee. 29I will not drive them outH1644 from beforeH6440 thee in oneH259 yearH8141; lest the landH776 should become desolateH8077, and the beastH2416 of the fieldH7704 should multiplyH7227 against thee. 30By littleH4592 and littleH4592 I will drive them outH1644 from beforeH6440 thee, until thou shalt be increasedH6509, and inheritH5157 the landH776. 31And I will setH7896 thy boundsH1366 from the RedH5488 seaH3220 even to the seaH3220 of the PhilistinesH6430, and from the desertH4057 to the riverH5104: for I will deliverH5414 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 into your handH3027; and thou shalt drive them outH1644 beforeH6440 thee. 32Thou shalt makeH3772 no covenantH1285 with them, nor with their godsH430. 33They shall not dwellH3427 in thy landH776, lest they make thee to sinH2398 against me: for if thou shalt serveH5647 their godsH430, it will surely be a snareH4170 to thee.