21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, 2 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 as, saying, Set bounds about the Dount, 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 CHAPTER XX.

1 The ten commandments. 22 Idolatry forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be.

AND God spake all tl ese a words,

saying,

21 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 to other c gods before me.

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

Laws for servants.

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

6 And shewing mercy h unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

De.27.16.

Pr. 1.8.

Jer.35.18,

19. Mat.15.4,6. Ep.6.2.

q Ge.9.6.

r Mat.5.27. 19.18. Rom. 13.9. s Ep.4.28.

1Th.4.6.

7 Thou shalt not take the name i of the LORD thy God in vain; for t Ps.52.3,5. the LORD will not hold him guilt- Rev.22.15. lessk that taketh his name in vain.u 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 m work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

For m six days n the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the

Hab.2.9.
Rom.7.7.

1Cor.6.10.

Col.3.5.

v2Chr.7.16. Mat. 18.20. 2 build them with hewing. (CHAP. 21.)

a Deut.6.1. b Deut. 15.12.

Jer.34.8-17 1 with his body.

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

13 Thou shalt not a kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit r adultery.

15 Thou shalt not s steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false t witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

18 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 thine oxen: in all places where I record my name v I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not 2 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. CHAPTER XXI.

Sundry laws for menservants. etc. TOW these are the judgments NOW which thou shalt a set before

Divers laros

CHAPTER XXII.

(CHAP. 22.)

Of theft and other offences. 29 Of1or, goat. the firstfruits.

I sheep, or it; he

a man shall steal an ox, or a

shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four a sheep for a sheep.

a 2Sam. 12.6. Pr.6.31. Lu. 19.8. b Job 24.14.

Joel 2.9.

Mat. 24.43.

c Nu.36.27.

Rev.18.6.

2 If a thief be found b breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall cno blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, d Jer. 16.18. there shall be blood shed for him: for he should make full restitu- e ch.21.34. tion; if he have nothing, then he f Deut.25.1. shall be sold for his theft. 2 Ch.19.10. g Heb.6.16.

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

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

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbo ir 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:

h Deut.22.28,

2

29.

weigh. Lev.20.27. Deut. 18.10.

1 Sa.28.3,9. Rev.22.15.

k Lev. 18.23, 25,

De. 13.1-11.

Lev.19.33.

Zec.7.10.

n De.24.17. Ps.94.6,7. Is. 1.17. Eze.22.7. Jam. 1.27. o Jer. 15.8.

18.21. Lam.5.3.

p Ne.5.7.

Ps. 15.5.
Eze. 18.8,
17.

q Deut.24.6,

&c. Job 22.6. r ver.23.

t

2Chr.30.9. Acts 23.3,5.

Jude 8.

3 or, judges.

ness.

4thy fulu Mic.7.1.

5 tear.

11 Then shall ang oath of the LORD v ch.13.2. be between them both, that he hath w Lev.22.27. not put his hand unto his neigh-x Lev. 19.2. bour's goods; and the owner of it 1Pet.1.15, shall accept thereof, and he shall 16. not make it good. y Lev.22.8.

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

waer thereof.

Eze.4.14. 44.31.

and ordinances.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then lot 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 an hired 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 h 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 Thou shalt not suffer a witch i to live.

19 Whosoever lieth with k a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 ¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21 Thou shalt neither vex a m stranger, nor oppress him for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 T Ye shall not afflict any n 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, o 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 an usurer, p neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to q pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the 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 will hear; r for I am s gracious. 28 T Thou shalt not revile t the 3 gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 T Thou shalt not delay to offer 4 the first of thy ripe fruits, u and of thy 5 liquors: the firstborn of thy v sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep seven w days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

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

"Davers laws and ordinances.

CHAPTER XXIII.

1 Of slander and false witness. 2 Of other offences and duties. 20 An (CHAP. 23.) Angel promised, with a blessing, ifor, receive. they obey him. a Ps. 15.3. b Pr. 19.5.

TH

HOU shalt not 1 raise a false a report put not thine hand with the wicked to be an b unrighteous witness.

Ep.4.25.

c Iki. 19.10. Job 31.34.

2 answer.

3 or, will thou cease to help him? or, wouldest cease to

2 Thou shalt not follow a mul- d ver.6. titude c to do evil: neither shalte Mat.5.44. thou 2 speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment. 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor d man in his cause. 4 T If thou meet thine enemy's e ox or his ass going astray, thou halt surely bring it back to him gain.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and 3 wouldest forbear to help him; thou shalt surely help with him.

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor f in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify g the wicked.

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

9 Also thou shalt not oppress 2 stranger: for ye know the 5 heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years i 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 6 olive-yard.

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

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

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

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before me empty :)

Ps. 16.4. Ho.2.17.

Ior, feast. m ch.34.26. Ge.. 16.

Is.60.9. o Ge. 12.3.

8

Deut.30.7.

Zec.2.8. or, I will afflict them that afflict thee. p ch.33.2. Jos.5.13.

9 ch.20.5.

T Lev. 18.3.

De. 12.30. Ps. 101.3. $ ch.32.20.

Nu.33.52. 2Chr.34.7. t Jos.22.5.

u Deut.7.13. Is.33.16. Mal.3.10.

Ps. 103.3.

w Deut.28.4.

Jos.2.9.11.

1Sa. 14. 15. 2Ch.14.14. 9 neck. y Deut.7.20.

Jos.24.12.

zNu.31.3,&c. De. 11.24.

An Angel is promised

16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in thy field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

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

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my 7 sacri fice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe m a kid in his mother's milk.

20 T Behold, I send an n Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not: for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy o unto thine enemies, and 8 an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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

24 Thou shalt not bow down a to their gods, nor serve them, nor do r

after their works; but thou shalt

utterly overthrow them, and quite break down s their images.

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

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be w barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

27 I will send my fear a before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come; and I will make all thine enemies turn their 9 backs unto thee.

28 And I will send hornets y before thee, which shall drive out the Hivité, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one 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, unti thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy z bounds

Moses called up.

EXODUS, XXIV, m the Red sea, a even unto the B. C. 1491. of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land b into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

a Nu.34.3. Jos. 1.4. Ps.72.8.

b Jos.21.44.

c ch.34.12,

32 Thou shalt make no covenant c with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy and, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it willd surely be a snare unto thee.d Ju.2.3. CHAPTER XXIV.

1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The people promise obedience. 9 The glory of God appeareth.

AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto a the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and b Abihu, and seventy c of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

15.

Ps. 106.35. 2Cor.6.15.

(CHAP. 24.)

a ver.15.

ch.34.2. b ch.28.1.

c Nu.11.16. d. Deut.5.27. Jos.24.22.

e Deut.31.9.

XXV. The glory of God appears. and be there: and I will give thes tables m of stone, and a law, and a commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

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

mount.

16 And the glory p 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

near the LORD; but they shall not, come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him.

3And 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 d will we do.

4 And Moses wrote e all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar ander 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 m Deut.5.22. burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace n Ne.9.13. offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of p 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 that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Nu. 14.10.

Deut.4.36.

Eze.1.27. Na. 1.6. Hab.3.4,5. He. 12. 18, 29.

Deut.9.9.

(CHAP. 25.)

1 take for

me.

offering.

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it fon the people, and said,r ch.34.28. Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with fou concerning all these words. 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and se-2 or, heave venty of the elders of Israel; 10 And they sawg the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a h sapphire stone, and as it v ere the body of heaveni in his cleatness. 1 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his band: also they saw God, and did eat k and drink.

a 2Cor.8.12.

3

or, silk.

9.7.

b ch.29.45. 2Cor.6.16. hev.21.3. c Heb.8.5.

12 And the LORD said unto Mo-d Heb.9.4. ses Come up to me into the mount,

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

3 And this is the offering which yo shall take of them; gold, and sil ver, and brass,

4 And blue, and purple, and scar. let, and 3 fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast plate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell b among them.

9 According to all that I show c thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

10 T And they shall make an ark d of shittim-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold; within and without shalt