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God's fearful presence.

CHAP. XX. The law given from Sinai.

people that was in the camp thousands of them that love me, trembled.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a

voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests also which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAP. XX.

The Ten Commandments given. ND God spake all these words, saying,

2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth be neath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Thou shalt not steal..

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

18 T And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel; Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and GAnd shewing mercy unto thine oxen: in all places where I

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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.

CHAP. XXI.
Laws for Servants, &c.
OW these are the judgments
which thou shalt set before

them.

2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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15 And he that smiteth his or his mother, shall be sur to death.

16 And he that stealeth a and selleth him, or if he be in his hand, he shall surely to death.

17 1 And he that curseth ther or his mother, shall sur put to death..

18 T And if men strive tog and one smite another with a or with his fist, and he die no keepeth his bed:

19 If he rise again, and abroad upon his staff, then sha that smote him be quit: on shall pay for the loss of his and shall cause him to be thoro ly healed.

20 And if a man smite his vant, or his maid, with a rod, he die under his hand; he sha surely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he tinue, a day or two, he s not be punished: for he is money.

4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 22 If men strive, and hur 51 And if the servant shall plain-woman with child, so that ly 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 awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

12 THe that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with quile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

fruit depart from her, and yet mischief follow: he shall be sur punished, according as the v man's husband will lay upon hi and he shall pay as the judges termine.

23 And if any mischief follo then thou shalt give life for life. 24 Eye for eye, tooth for too hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wou for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye his servant, or the eye of his mai that it perish; he shall let him free for his eye's sake.

27 And if he smite out his ma servant's tooth, or his maid-se vant's tooth; he shall let him g free for his tooth's sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or woman, that they die: then the o shall be surely stoned, and his fles shall not be eaten; but the owne of the ox shall be quit.

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past and it hath been testified to hi owner, and he hath not kept hin in, but that he hath killed a mar or a woman; the ox shall be stoned and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever i laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a son or have gored a daughter, accord

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32 If the ox shall push a manservant, or maid-servant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's that he die, then they shall Bell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead or also they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own.

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CHAP. XXII. Laws against sundry Offences. a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

3 If the sun be risen upon him there shall be blood shed for him: for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5 T If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 T If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for

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sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which

was torn.

14 And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hirod thing, it came for his hire.

16 T And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 T Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19 ¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 T He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21 T Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26 ¶ If thou at all take thy neigh bour's raiment to pledge, thou

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shalt deliver it unto him by that the thou shalt rest: that thine ox sun goeth down:

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAP. XXIII.

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Sundry Duties and Offences. HOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

4 Ifthou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him..

thine ass may rest, and the so thy handmaid, and the stran may be refreshed.

13 And in all things that I said unto you, be circumspect: make no mention of the nam other gods, neither let it be h out of thy mouth.

14 Three times thou shalt k a feast unto me in the year.

15 Thou shalt keep the feas unleavened bread: (thou shalt unleavened bread seven days, commanded thee, in the time pointed of the month Abib; for it thou camest out from Egy and none shall appear before empty:).

16 And the feast of harvest, first-fruits of thy, labours, whi thou hast sown in the field: a the feast of ingathering, which in the end of the year, when th hast gathered in thy labours out the field.

17 Three times in the year thy males shall appear before t LORD God.

18 T Thou shalt not offer t blood of my sacrifice with leaven bread: neither shall the fat of m sacrifice remain until the mornin

19 The first of the first-fruits thy land thou shalt bring into th house of the LORD thy God. Tho shalt not seethe a kid in his me ther's milk.

20 Behold, I send an Ang before thee, to keep thee in th way, and to bring thee into th place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey hi 61 Thou shalt not wrest the judg-voice, provoke him not; for he wil ment of thy poor in his cause. not pardon your transgressions for my name is in him..

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift; for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the right

eous.

9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof.

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard."

12 TSix days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak then I will be an enemy unto thing enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images,

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land

CHAP. XXV.

Moses goeth up into the mount. the number of thy days I will that the LORD hath said will we fulfil. do, and be obedient. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the peo-sprinkled it on the people, and said, to whom thou shalt come, and Behold the blood of the covenant, Ple to make all thine enemies' turn which the LORD hath made wit

their backs unto thee.

8 And Moses took the blood, and

you concerning all these words. 28 And I will send hornets be- 9 Then went up Moses, and fore thee, which shall drive out the Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hit-seventy of the elders of Israel: tite from before thee.

99 I will not drive them out from before thee in om year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clear

ness.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

31 And I will set thy bounds 12 And the LORD said unto from the Red sea even unto the sea Moses, Come up to me into the of the Philistines, and from the de- mount, and be there: and I will sert unto the river: for I will de-give thee tables of stone, and a liver the inhabitants of the land law, and commandments which I into your hand; and thou shalt have written; that thou mayest drive them out before thee. teach them.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 T And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with Moses called up into the Mount. you if any man have any mat

CHAP. XXIV.

AND he said unto Moses, Cometers to do, let him come unto

up unto the LORD, thou, and them. Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said,, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And he sent young men of

the children of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All

15 T And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

CHAP. XXV.
The Offering for the Tabernacle.
AND the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

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