(KJV) Exodus 23¹

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⥃Justice and Mercy

[1] Thou shalt not² raise³ a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness⁴.

[2] [¶]Thou shalt not follow⁵ a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak⁶ in a cause to decline⁷ after many to wrest [judgment]:

[3] [¶]Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.⁸

[4] [¶]If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.⁹ [5] If thou see¹⁰ the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him¹¹, thou shalt surely help with him. [6] Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.¹² [7] Keep thee far from¹³ a false matter; and the innocent¹⁴ and righteous slay thou not: for I will not¹⁵ justify the wicked.

[8] [¶]And thou shalt take¹⁶ no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise¹⁷, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

[9] [¶]Also thou shalt not¹⁸ oppress a stranger: for ye know¹⁹ the heart²⁰ of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

⥃Sabbath Laws ^{[ Leviticus 25:1–7 † Deuteronomy 15:1–6 ]}

[10] And six years²¹ thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: [11] But the seventh²² [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 oliveyard²³. [12] Six days²⁴ thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son²⁵ of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. [13] And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect²⁶: and make no mention²⁷ of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

⥃The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage ^{[ Leviticus 23:1–3 ]}

[14] [¶]Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.²⁸ [15] Thou shalt keep the feast²⁹ 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 none³⁰ shall appear before me empty:) [16] And the feast of harvest³¹, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering³², [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.³³ [18] Thou shalt not offer the blood³⁴ of my sacrifice³⁵ with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain³⁶ until the morning. [19] The first of the³⁷ firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid³⁸ in his mother’s milk.

⥃God’s Angel to Lead ^{[ Deuteronomy 7:12–26 ]}

[20] Behold, I send an Angel³⁹ before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared⁴⁰. [21] Beware of him⁴¹, and obey his voice, provoke him not⁴²; for he will not⁴³ pardon your transgressions: for my name⁴⁴ [is] in him. [22] But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy⁴⁵ unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries⁴⁶. [23] For mine Angel⁴⁷ shall go before thee, and bring thee in⁴⁸ unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites⁴⁹, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. [24] Thou shalt not⁵⁰ bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after⁵¹ their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow⁵² them, and quite break down their images. [25] And ye⁵³ shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall⁵⁴ bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take⁵⁵ sickness away from the midst of thee.

[26] [¶]There shall nothing⁵⁶ cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number⁵⁷ of thy days I will fulfil. [27] I will send my fear⁵⁸ before thee, and will destroy⁵⁹ all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs⁶⁰ unto thee. [28] And I will send hornets⁶¹ before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. [29] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year⁶²; 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. [31] And I will set⁶³ thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the⁶⁴ inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. [32] Thou shalt make⁶⁵ no covenant with them, nor with⁶⁶ their gods. [33] They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make⁶⁷ thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely⁶⁸ be a snare unto thee.

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