Exodus 23 Parallel Bible

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1	“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.	You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.	“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2	You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,	You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice.	“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
3	nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.	You shall not favor the poor in a lawsuit.	and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4	“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.	When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must see to it that it is returned.	“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.
5	If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.	When you notice the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you should not desert him; you must help him with it.	If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
6	“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.	You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.	“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7	Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.	You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.	Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8	And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.	Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.	“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9	“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.	You shall not oppress a resident alien; you well know how it feels to be an alien, since you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.	“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
10	“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,	For six years you may sow your land and gather in its produce.	“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,
11	but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.	But the seventh year you shall let the land lie untilled and fallow, that the poor of your people may eat of it and their leftovers the wild animals may eat. So also shall you do in regard to your vineyard and your olive grove.	but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12	“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.	For six days you may do your work, but on the seventh day you must rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the resident alien may be refreshed.	“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.
13	“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.	Give heed to all that I have told you. You shall not mention the name of any other god; it shall not be heard from your lips.	“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
14	“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.	Three times a year you shall celebrate a pilgrim feast to me.	“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15	You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.	You shall keep the feast of Unleavened Bread. As I have commanded you, you must eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for it was then that you came out of Egypt. No one shall appear before me empty-handed.	“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
16	You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.	You shall also keep the feast of the grain harvest with the first fruits of the crop that you sow in the field; and finally, the feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you collect your produce from the fields.	“Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
17	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD.	Three times a year shall all your men appear before the LORD God.	“Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD.
18	“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.	You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened; nor shall the fat of my feast be kept overnight till the next day.	“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. “The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
19	“The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.	The choicest first fruits of your soil you shall bring to the house of the LORD, your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.	“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20	“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.	See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.	“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21	Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.	Be attentive to him and obey him. Do not rebel against him, for he will not forgive your sin. My authority is within him.	Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
22	“But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.	If you obey him and carry out all I tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.	If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
23	“When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,	My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites; and I will wipe them out.	My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24	you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.	Therefore, you shall not bow down to their gods and serve them, nor shall you act as they do; rather, you must demolish them and smash their sacred stones.	Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
25	You shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.	You shall serve the LORD, your God; then he will bless your food and drink, and I will remove sickness from your midst;	Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26	None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.	no woman in your land will be barren or miscarry; and I will give you a full span of life.	and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27	I will send my terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.	I will have the terror of me precede you, so that I will throw into panic every nation you reach. I will make all your enemies turn from you in flight,	“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
28	And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.	and ahead of you I will send hornets to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.	I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29	I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.	But I will not drive them all out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.	But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
30	Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.	Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have grown numerous enough to take possession of the land.	Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31	And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.	I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates; all who dwell in this land I will hand over to you and you shall drive them out before you.	“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.
32	You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.	You shall not make a covenant with them or their gods.	Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33	They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”	They must not live in your land. For if you serve their gods, this will become a snare to you.	Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
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