Chapter 23

Thou shalt not raise⁴ a false report: put⁴ not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak⁴ in a cause to decline² after many to wrest⁵³ [judgment]:

Neither shalt thou countenance⁴ a poor man in his cause.

If thou meet⁴ thine enemy's⁶ ox or his ass going astray,⁶ thou shalt surely⁵³ bring it back⁵⁵ to him again.

If thou see⁴ the ass of him that hateth⁶ thee lying⁶ under his burden, and wouldest forbear¹ to help² him, thou shalt surely² help⁴ with him.

Thou shalt not wrest⁵⁵ the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Keep thee far⁴ from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay⁴ thou not: for I will not justify⁵⁵ the wicked.

And thou shalt take⁴ no gift: for the gift blindeth¹⁷ the wise, and perverteth¹⁷ the words of the righteous.

Also thou shalt not oppress⁴ a stranger: for ye know¹ the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And six years thou shalt sow⁴ thy land, and shalt gather¹ in the fruits thereof:

But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest⁴ and lie still;¹ that the poor of thy people may eat:¹ and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat.⁴ In like manner thou shalt deal⁴ with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

Six days thou shalt do⁴ thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest:⁴ that thine ox and thine ass may rest,⁴ and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.¹¹

And in all [things] that I have said¹ unto you be circumspect:¹¹ and make no mention⁵⁵ of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard¹¹ out of thy mouth.

Three times thou shalt keep a feast⁴ unto me in the year.

Thou shalt keep⁴ the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat⁴ unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded¹⁴ thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out¹ from Egypt: and none shall appear¹¹ before me empty:)

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown⁴ in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end² of the year, when thou hast gathered² in thy labours out of the field.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear¹¹ before the Lord GOD.

Thou shalt not offer⁴ the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain⁴ until the morning.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring⁵⁵ into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe¹⁷ a kid in his mother's milk.

Behold, I send⁶ an Angel before thee, to keep² thee in the way, and to bring⁵³ thee into the place which I have prepared.⁵²

Beware¹⁰ of him, and obey³ his voice, provoke⁵⁵ him not; for he will not pardon⁴ your transgressions: for my name [is] in him.

But if thou shalt indeed² obey⁴ his voice, and do¹ all that I speak;¹⁷ then I will be an enemy¹ unto thine enemies,⁶ and an adversary¹ unto thine adversaries.⁶

For mine Angel shall go⁴ before thee, and bring⁵² 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.⁵²

Thou shalt not bow down¹⁰¹ to their gods, nor serve⁹³ them, nor do⁴ after their works: but thou shalt utterly¹⁵ overthrow¹⁷ them, and quite¹⁵ break down¹⁷ their images.

And ye shall serve¹ the LORD your God, and he shall bless¹⁴ thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away⁵² from the midst of thee.

There shall nothing cast their young,¹⁸ nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.¹⁷

I will send¹⁷ my fear before thee, and will destroy¹ all the people to whom thou shalt come,⁴ and I will make¹ all thine enemies⁶ turn their backs unto thee.

And I will send¹ hornets before thee, which shall drive out¹⁴ the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

I will not drive them out¹⁷ from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

By little and little I will drive them out¹⁷ from before thee, until thou be increased,⁴ and inherit¹ the land.

And I will set¹ thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver⁴ the inhabitants⁶ of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out¹⁴ before thee.

Thou shalt make⁴ no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

They shall not dwell⁴ in thy land, lest they make thee sin⁵⁵ against me: for if thou serve⁴ their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.