Exodus 23 Parallel Bible

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	SEP Brenton Septuagint Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.	“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.	“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
2	Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.	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,	“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	And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.	nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.	and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
4	And if thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.	“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.	“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.
5	And if thou see thine enemy's ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.	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.	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	Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.	“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.	“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7	Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.	Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.	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 thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.	And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.	“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9	And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.	“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners 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	Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.	“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,	“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,
11	But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard.	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 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 shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed.	“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.	“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	Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.	“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.	“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	Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year.	“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.	“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15	Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at the season of the month of new corn , for in it thou camest out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear before me empty.	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.	“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	And thou shalt keep the feast of the harvest of first-fruits of thy labours, whatsoever thou shalt have sown in thy field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of thy fruits out of thy field.	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.	“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 thy males appear before the Lord thy God.	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD.	“Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD.
18	For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.	“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.	“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	Thou shalt bring the first-offerings of the first-fruits of thy land into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk.	“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.	“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	And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee.	“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 ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21	Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.	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.	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	If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.	“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 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	For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.	“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 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	Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.	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.	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	And thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and I will bless thy bread and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you.	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.	Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26	There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.	None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.	and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27	And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.	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 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 thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from thee.	And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.	I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29	I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.	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 out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
30	By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.	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 increased enough to take possession of the land.
31	And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.	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 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	Thou shalt make no covenant with them and their gods.	You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.	Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33	And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee.	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.”	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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Exodus 23 Parallel Bible Translations