Exodus 22 Cross References - ISV

¹ Laws Concerning Theft of Personal Property“If a man steals an ox or sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he is to repay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
² “If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case, ³ but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft. ⁴ If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox, a donkey or a sheep, he is to repay double.
⁵ “When a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed over or releases his livestock so that they graze in another man’s field, he is to make restitution from the best of his field or vineyard.
⁶ “When a fire breaks out and spreads into thorn bushes and consumes stacked grain or standing grain or the field, the one who started the fire certainly is to make restitution.
⁷ “When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it’s stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if found, is to repay double. ⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor’s property.
⁹ “In every ownership dispute involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, ‘This is mine,’ the case between the two of them is to come before the judges, and the one that the judges declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.
¹⁰ “When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking, ¹¹ the two of them are to take an oath in the LORD’s presence that the accused has not taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner is to accept this, and the neighbor is not to make restitution. ¹² But if it was actually stolen from him, the neighbor is to make restitution to its owner. ¹³ If it was torn to pieces, let the neighbor bring the remains as evidence, and he is not to make restitution for what was torn apart.
¹⁴ “When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it’s injured or dies while its owner was not with it, he is certainly to make restitution. ¹⁵ If its owner was with it, he is not to make restitution. If it was hired, its fee covers the loss.”
¹⁶ Various Other Laws“When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, he must pay her bride price, and she is to become his wife. ¹⁷ If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay an amount equal to the bride price for virgins.
¹⁸ “You are not to allow a sorceress to live.
¹⁹ “Whoever has sexual relations with an animal is certainly to be put to death.
²⁰ “Anyone who sacrifices to a god, except the LORD alone, is to be utterly destroyed.
²¹ “You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
²² “You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan. ²³ If you do mistreat them, they’ll certainly cry out to me, and I’ll immediately hear their cry. ²⁴ And I’ll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.
²⁵ “If you loan money to my people, to the poor among you, don’t be like a creditor to them and don’t impose interest on them. ²⁶ If you take your neighbor’s coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset, ²⁷ for it’s his only covering; it’s his outer garment, for what else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I’ll hear him, for I am gracious.
²⁸ “You are not to blaspheme God or curse a ruler of your people.
²⁹ “You are not to hold back the fullness of your harvest and the outflow of your wine presses. You are to give to me the firstborn of your sons. ³⁰ You are to do the same with your oxen and your sheep. They shall be with their mother for seven days and then on the eighth day you are to give them to me.
³¹ “You are to be people set apart for me. You are not to eat flesh torn apart in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.”

¹ Restitution OfferingsThe LORD told Moses, ² “A person sins against the LORD by acting treacherously toward his neighbor regarding something entrusted to his care, regarding security for a loan, robbery, if he has oppressed his neighbor, ³ if he has found something that had been lost and then lied about it, or if he makes a false oath about any of these things, thus committing a sin with respect to these things. ⁴ If that person has sinned and has been found guilty, then he is to return the stolen thing that he took or obtained by oppression, or the security that had been entrusted to him, or the lost thing that he had found, ⁵ or the thing about which he had given a false oath. He is to restore it in full, add a fifth to it, then give it to whom it belongs the very day he’s found guilty. ⁶ Now as to his guilt offering, he is to bring to the LORD a ram without defect from the flock, estimated as to its value, to the priest.

⁷ He is to confess the sin that he had committed, pay its full compensation, add one fifth to it, and give the compensation to whomever he offended.

⁶ He will restore the lamb four times its value, because he did this thing, and because he did it without compassion.”

³¹ but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.

⁴ Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but profits come through the strength of the ox.

⁸ Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, “Look! I’m giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I’m repaying four times as much as I owe.”

²⁷ and the blood avenger finds him outside the town of refuge where he had fled and kills him, the blood avenger is not to be found guilty of murder.

¹⁴ The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

⁵ Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.

¹ God Accuses Israel “When I was healing Israel, Ephraim’s sin was uncovered, along with Samaria’s wickedness. While they craft lying schemes, the thief invades, and the gang of thieves plunders outside.

⁹ They swarm through the city, running upon its ramparts. Climbing atop the houses, they enter through windows like a thief.”

¹⁹ Teaching about Treasures
“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,

⁴³ But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

² for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

² “When you acquire a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh he is to go out a free man without paying anything.

¹⁴ So in his burning anger against Israel, the LORD gave them into the domination of marauders who plundered them. The enemies who surrounded the Israelis controlled them, and they were no longer able to withstand their adversaries.

⁷ In his burning anger against Israel, he sold them into domination by the Philistines and the Ammonites,

¹ A Call to Return to God This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look! It’s because of your sins that you were sold, and because of your transgressions that your mother was sent away.

²⁵ Because he couldn’t pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

¹⁶ “Whoever kidnaps a person, whether he has sold him or whether the victim is still in his possession, is certainly to be put to death.

¹ Laws Concerning Theft of Personal Property“If a man steals an ox or sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he is to repay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

⁷ “When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it’s stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if found, is to repay double.

⁹ “In every ownership dispute involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, ‘This is mine,’ the case between the two of them is to come before the judges, and the one that the judges declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.

² “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her heavy service has been completed, that her penalty has been paid, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”

¹⁸ First I’ll repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the dead bodies of their detestable images, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”

⁶ Do to her as she herself has done, and give her double for her deeds. Mix a double drink for her in the cup she mixed.

³⁴ the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

³ but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft.

¹² But if it was actually stolen from him, the neighbor is to make restitution to its owner.

¹⁸ “He will restore what he has attained from his work and won’t consume it; he won’t enjoy the profits from his business transactions,

³³ If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it, ³⁴ the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

⁴ So Samson went out, caught 300 foxes, grabbed some torches, tied the foxes together in pairs at their tails, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. ⁵ Then he ignited the torches, set the foxes loose into the Philistines’ unharvested grain, and burned up both the harvested shocks and the standing grain, along with their vineyards and olive groves.

³⁰ So Absalom told his servants, “Observe that Joab’s grain field lies next to mine. He has barley planted there. Go set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
³¹ At this, Joab got up, went to Absalom’s home, and demanded of him, “Why did your servants set fire to my grain field?”

⁴ If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox, a donkey or a sheep, he is to repay double.

³⁰ A thief isn’t despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry, ³¹ but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.

²⁶ “As a thief is disgraced when he’s caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,

⁶ He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

¹⁰ thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

⁶ then his master is to bring him before the judges and he is to bring him to the door or to the doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear with an awl, and he is to serve him permanently.

²⁸ “You are not to blaspheme God or curse a ruler of your people.

¹⁸ Pursue Justice“Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.

⁸ Deciding Difficult Cases“If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the LORD your God will choose. ⁹ Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,

¹⁷ then both must stand with their dispute in the LORD’s presence, the priests, and the judges at that time. ¹⁸ The judges will investigate thoroughly. If the false witness lies in testifying against his relative,

⁴ “24,000 of these,” David said, “are to be set in charge of the work of the Temple of the LORD, with 6,000 serving as officers and judges,

¹ A Psalm of Asaph
Asking God for Justice God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment:

²¹ You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. ²² They are to judge the people at all times. Let them bring every major matter to you, but let them judge every minor matter. It will lighten your burden, and they’ll bear it with you.

⁷ “When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it’s stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if found, is to repay double. ⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor’s property.

⁶ “You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits. ⁷ Stay far away from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent or the righteous, because I won’t acquit the guilty. ⁸ You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.

⁶ “Instruct the Israelis that whenever a man or woman does something contained in the list of the sins of man, thereby acting treacherously against the LORD, then that person stands guilty. ⁷ He is to confess the sin that he had committed, pay its full compensation, add one fifth to it, and give the compensation to whomever he offended.

¹⁸ Pursue Justice“Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially. ¹⁹ You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.

¹ Limitations on Punishment“When there is a conflict between individuals, let them come to court to judge the case, decide who is innocent, and condemn the guilty person.

³¹ “If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple,

¹⁰ No matter what case comes before you from your fellow citizens who live in their own cities, whether it’s a dispute between blood relatives or a dispute regarding the Law and the commands, statutes, or verdicts, you are to warn the parties so that they do not become guilty in the LORD’s presence and so that anger does not come upon you and your fellow citizens.

¹⁴ Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses.”

¹⁵ Dealing with a Brother who Sins
“If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

³⁵ This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts.”

³ “Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

⁸ But he refused, telling his master’s wife, “Look! My master doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house with me in charge, and he has entrusted everything into my care.

⁴⁸ But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted.”

¹¹ So if you haven’t been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

¹² That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.

⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor’s property.

¹ Laws about Truthful Testimony“You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

¹ Laws of Public Testimony“If someone sins because he has failed to testify after receiving notice to testify as a witness regarding what he has observed or learned, he is to be held responsible.”

³ if he has found something that had been lost and then lied about it, or if he makes a false oath about any of these things, thus committing a sin with respect to these things.

⁴² so the king sent for Shimei and asked him, “Didn’t I make a promise to the LORD and warn you, ‘The day you leave and go anywhere else, you can be sure you’ll die’? And you told me, ‘What your majesty has decreed is acceptable to me.’ ⁴³ So why haven’t you kept the oath you made to the LORD, and why didn’t you obey my personal order to you?”

⁹ so that I don’t become overfed and deny you by saying, “Who is the LORD?” or so that I don’t become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.

¹⁶ For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.

³⁹ and whatever was torn by beasts, I never bothered to bring to you. Instead, I bore the losses myself. Even so, you demanded that I provide restitution for anything that was stolen, whether during the day or the night.

¹⁴ “Now, Lord GOD,” I replied, “I’ve never been defiled, ever since I was young until now. I haven’t eaten an animal that died on its own or was torn by beasts, and no unclean meat has ever entered my mouth!”

¹² This is what the LORD says: “Just as a shepherd might save from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches.”

⁸ The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many peoples, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver.

¹² This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps, and strangles enough prey for its mate, filling its lairs with prey and its dens with rendered flesh.

¹¹ the two of them are to take an oath in the LORD’s presence that the accused has not taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner is to accept this, and the neighbor is not to make restitution.

¹⁸ but whoever beats an animal to death is to replace it—life for life.

² This is the way to conduct remission: every creditor must cancel the loan that his friend borrowed, and he must not pressure his friend or brother to repay it, because remission to the LORD will be proclaimed.

¹⁹ Fair Dealings“Don’t charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest. ²⁰ You may charge interest to a foreigner, but don’t charge interest to your relatives, so the LORD your God may bless you in everything you undertake in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

⁴ Still others were saying “We’ve borrowed money against our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s taxes.

²¹ The wicked borrow but never pay back; but the righteous are generous and give.

⁴² Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you.”

³⁵ Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

¹⁰ Before then, everyone was unemployed—even the draft animals—and no one was safe coming or going because of the enemy, because I caused everyone to oppose each other.

² When Hamor the Hivite’s son Shechem, the regional leader, saw her, he grabbed her and raped her, humiliating her. ³ He was attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, since he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. ⁴ Then Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get this young woman for me to be my wife.”

²⁸ “However, if a man meets a girl who isn’t engaged to be married, and he seizes her, rapes her, and is later found out, ²⁹ then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl’s father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.

¹⁶ Abraham agreed with Ephron, so he weighed out to Ephron the money to which he had agreed publicly while the Hittites were listening: 400 shekels of silver at the current merchant rate.

¹² No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I’ll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife.”

³ You are not to intermarry with them. You are not to give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons, ⁴ because they will turn your children from me to serve other gods so that the LORD’s anger blazes against you and swiftly destroys you by fire.

²⁹ then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl’s father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.

²⁵ Saul said, “This is what you are to tell David, ‘The king desires no bride price except 100 Philistine foreskins to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would cause David to die at the hand of the Philistines.

²⁶ Prohibited Practices“You are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices, or practice fortune telling.

³¹ “You are to consult neither mediums nor familiar spirits. You are never to seek them—you’ll just be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

⁶ Consulting the Dead Prohibited“I’ll oppose and eliminate from contact with his people whoever consults mediums or familiar spirits, thereby committing spiritual prostitution with them.

²⁷ “Moreover, a man or a woman who has a ritual spirit or a familiar spirit is certainly to die. They are to be stoned to death with boulders. They will continue to bear responsibility for their guilt.”

¹⁰ There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in fire, practices divination, interprets omens, practices sorcery, ¹¹ casts spells, or who is a medium, an occultist, or a necromancer.

³ Saul and the Medium at EndorNow Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.

⁹ The woman told him, “Look, you know what Saul has done. He has removed mediums and spiritists from the land, so why are you trying to entrap me, so as to cause my death?”

³ The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage, and I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult idols and spirits of the dead, and mediums and spiritists.

⁹ Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. ¹⁰ Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, “This is what we call the great power of God!” ¹¹ They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occult performances.

¹⁶ The Fortune TellerOnce, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future. ¹⁷ She would follow Paul and us and shout, “These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!”
¹⁸ She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!” And it came out that very moment.
¹⁹ When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square.

¹⁹ Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.

²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,

¹⁵ Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

²³ Sexual Relations with Animals Prohibited“You are not to present yourself to an animal in order to have sexual relations with it and by doing so to defile yourself. A woman is not to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it. It’s detestable.

²⁵ The land has been defiled, so I brought the punishment of its iniquity to it. As a result, the land is vomiting out its inhabitants.

¹⁵ “If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you are also to kill the animal.
¹⁶ “If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual relations with it, both the woman and the animal are to be put to death. Their guilt will remain their responsibility.

²¹ “‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with any animal.“Then all the people are to respond by saying, ‘Amen!’

³ When the LORD heard what Israel had decided to do, he delivered the Canaanites to them, and Israel exterminated them and their cities. They named the place Hormah.

² who also invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods. So the people ate what they had sacrificed and then worshipped their gods. ³ The people joined the Baal-peor cult. As a result, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel, ⁴ so the LORD told Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight for the LORD, so the LORD’s burning anger may be withdrawn from Israel.”

⁷ When Eleazar’s son Phinehas, grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up from the middle of the community, grabbed a javelin in his hand, ⁸ followed the Israeli man inside his tent, and impaled the two of them—the Israeli man and the woman—right through both of them and into her abdomen. Then the plague infecting the Israelis was brought to a halt. Nevertheless,

¹ Dealing with False Prophets“A prophet or a diviner of dreams may arise among you, give you an omen or a miracle ² that takes place, and then he may tell you, ‘Let’s follow other gods (whom you have not known) and let’s serve them.’ Even though the sign or portent comes to pass, ³ you must not listen to the words of that prophet or that diviner of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to make known whether or not you’ll continue to love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. ⁴ You must follow the LORD your God, fear him, observe his commandments, listen to his voice, serve him, and cling to him. ⁵ That prophet or diviner of dreams must be executed, because he advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and because he lured you from the way in which the LORD your God instructed you to live. Purge the evil from among you.”
⁶ Dealing with Idolaters“Your own blood brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your friend who is like your soul mate may entice you quietly. He may tell you, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods,’ (whom neither you nor your ancestors have known ⁷ from the gods of the people that surround you—whether near or far from you—from one end of the earth to the other). ⁸ You must not yield to him, listen to him, look with pity on him, show compassion to him, or even cover up for him. ⁹ But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community. ¹⁰ Stone him to death, because he sought to lure you from the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the land of slavery. ¹¹ Then all Israel will hear about it, be afraid, and won’t do this evil thing again among you.
¹² “You may hear in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit ¹³ that worthless men have come from among you to entice those who live in the towns. They may say, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods that you haven’t known.’ ¹⁴ You must thoroughly investigate and inquire if it is true that this detestable thing exists among you. If it is so, ¹⁵ then put the inhabitants of the town to death by the sword. Devote everything in it to divine destruction—even its livestock—by the sword.

² Death to the Idolater“You may discover that a man or woman living in one of your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you has done evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing his covenant. ³ He may be following and serving other gods by bowing down to them—that is, to the sun, the moon, or to any of the heavenly host (something I did not command). ⁴ When it is reported to you or you hear of it, then investigate it thoroughly. When the truth has been established that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, ⁵ summon the man or the woman who did this evil thing to your city gates. Then stone the man or the woman to death.

²⁰ Even then, if the prophet speaks presumptuously in my name, which I didn’t authorize him to speak, or if he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.’

¹⁵ However, just as all of the good things have come about that the LORD your God promised, so also the LORD will bring upon you all of the threats until he has destroyed you from possessing this good land that he has given you. ¹⁶ When you break the covenant of the LORD your God that he commanded you to obey by going to serve other gods and worship them, then the anger of the LORD will blaze against you, and you will perish quickly from this good land that he gave you.”

² “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

⁹ You are not to oppress the resident alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”

³³ “If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him.

³⁵ Treatment of Poor Israelis“If your relative becomes so poor that he is indebted to you, then you are to support him. You are to let him live with you just like the resident alien and the traveler.

¹⁹ Love Others“You are to love the foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

¹⁵ Don’t ever forget that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, yet the LORD your God redeemed you. Therefore, I’m giving you these commands today.

⁷ Don’t detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don’t detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land.

⁶ and if you don’t oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don’t shed an innocent person’s blood in this place, and if you don’t follow other gods to your own harm,

³ This is what the LORD says: “Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don’t mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.

¹⁰ You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.

⁵ The Judgment of God“I’ll come near to you for judgment. I’ll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don’t fear me,” says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

¹⁸ He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing.”

¹⁷ “Don’t deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment as collateral for a loan.

¹⁹ “‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.’“Then all the people are to respond by saying, ‘Amen!’

⁶ The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans. ⁷ They say, “The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice.”

¹⁷ Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow’s case.

²³ Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don’t bring justice to orphans, and the widow’s case never comes up for review in their court.”

² to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!

⁷ They’ve treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They’ve oppressed the foreigner among you. They’ve maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

²⁷ A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

⁹ Be careful not to think this wicked thought to yourselves: ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is drawing near,’ and you show ill will toward your poor relative and not give to him. He may then call to the LORD on account of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

¹⁵ Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt.”

³⁸ No Abuse of the Land“If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, ³⁹ If I’ve consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;

²⁸ As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

⁹ “They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.

¹⁷ LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully, ¹⁸ to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more.

⁶ In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.

¹² I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.

¹⁹ He fulfills the desire of those who fear him, hearing their cry and saving them.

⁷ who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners; ⁸ the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous. ⁹ The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.

²² Don’t rob the poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the helpless in court, ²³ for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.

¹⁰ Don’t move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans; ¹¹ for strong is their Redeemer who will take up their case against you.

⁷ Won’t God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

⁴ Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

¹³ “This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty: ¹⁴ If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won’t have enough food. ¹⁵ Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won’t even weep.

²³ For I’m terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur.”

²⁴ May you pour out your fury on them. May your burning anger overtake them.

⁷ You are awesome! who can stand in your presence when you’re angry?

⁶³ The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations. ⁶⁴ The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn’t weep.

¹¹ Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath,

⁹ May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

⁸ I’ll make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At noontime I’ll send a destroyer against the mother of a young man. I’ll cause terror and anguish to come to her unexpectedly.

²¹ Therefore, make their children undergo famine, and deliver them over to death in time of war. May their women be childless widows! May their men be slaughtered! May their young men be slain by the sword in battle!

³ We are now orphans—without fathers— and our mothers are like widows.

⁶ Who can stand before his fury? And who can endure his fierce anger? His displeasure pours out like fire, and rocks are broken to pieces because of him.

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you’ll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others.”

⁵ But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. ⁶ For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done: ⁷ eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good; ⁸ but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead. ⁹ There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

³¹ It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

³⁵ Treatment of Poor Israelis“If your relative becomes so poor that he is indebted to you, then you are to support him. You are to let him live with you just like the resident alien and the traveler. ³⁶ You are not to take interest or profit from him. Instead, you are to fear your God and let your relative live with you. ³⁷ You are not to loan him money with interest or sell him your food at a profit.

¹ The Miracle of the Oil Vessels
Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, “My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!”

⁷ After this, she went and told the man of God what had happened. So he said, “Go sell the oil, pay your debt, and you and your children will be able to live on the proceeds.”

² because certain of them kept claiming, “Since we have so many sons and daughters, we must get some grain so we can eat and survive.”
³ Others were saying, “We’re having to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes so we can buy grain during this famine.”
⁴ Still others were saying “We’ve borrowed money against our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s taxes. ⁵ Now our bodies are no different than the bodies of our relatives, and our children are like their children. Nevertheless, we’re about to force our sons and daughters into slavery, and some of our daughters are already in bondage. It’s beyond our power to do anything about it, because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

⁷ So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, “Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!” So I opened a public investigation against them.

¹⁰ I’m also lending money and grain, as are my fellow-Jews and my servants, but let’s not charge interest. ¹¹ So today please restore to them their fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and homes, along with the one percent interest charge that you’ve assessed them on the grain, wine, and oil.”

⁵ who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever.

⁸ Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.

¹⁰ Jeremiah’s ComplaintHow terrible for me, my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man of strife and contention for the whole land! I’ve neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

⁸ if he doesn’t lend with usury or exact interest, but instead refuses to participate in what is unjust, if he administers true justice between people,

¹³ loans with usury, and exacts interest; will he live? He certainly will not! He has done all these detestable practices. He will certainly die, and his guilt will be his own fault.”

¹⁷ doesn’t refuse to help the afflicted, or refuses to loan with usury or exact interest, but instead follows my ordinances and lives his life consistent with my statutes. He won’t die because of his father’s sin, will he? No! He’ll certainly live.

¹² They take bribes among you to shed blood. You’ve taken usury and exacted interest. You’ve gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you’ve forgotten me,” declares the Lord GOD.

²⁷ Then you should’ve invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would’ve received my money back with interest.’

²³ Then why didn’t you put my money in the bank? When I returned, I could have collected it with interest.’

⁶ “Don’t take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man’s livelihood.

¹⁰ Respecting the Poor“When you loan something to your neighbor, don’t enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral. ¹¹ Stay outside and let the man to whom you made the loan bring it out to you. ¹² If he is a poor man, don’t go to sleep with his collateral in your possession. ¹³ Be sure to return his garment to him at sunset so that he may sleep with it, and he will bless you. It will be a righteous deed in the presence of the LORD your God.

⁶ “After all, you’ve taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

³ They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;

⁹ “The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

¹⁶ Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

²⁷ If you don’t have the ability to pay, why should your very bed be taken from under you?

⁷ if he doesn’t oppress anyone, but instead returns the debtor’s security for his debt, if he doesn’t rob anyone, but instead shares his food with the hungry and gives clothes to those who are naked,

¹⁶ doesn’t oppress anyone, doesn’t take possession of a debtor’s pledge, or doesn’t steal, but instead shares his food with the hungry, gives clothes to those who are naked,

¹⁵ returning what has been placed as collateral for a loan, paying back what he has taken, following the regulations that promote life, and committing no iniquity, he will certainly live, and not die.

⁸ They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.

²³ The Israelis Cry Out to GodThe king of Egypt eventually died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God. ²⁴ God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

²³ If you do mistreat them, they’ll certainly cry out to me, and I’ll immediately hear their cry.

⁶ The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.

⁹ If you return to the LORD, your relatives and children will receive compassion from those who took them away captive, and they’ll return to this land, because the LORD is both gracious and compassionate—he will not turn away from you if you return to him.”

⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress.

¹² For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.

¹⁵ But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.

¹⁰ to the one who struck the firstborn of Egypt, for his gracious love is everlasting— ¹¹ and brought Israel out from among them, for his gracious love is everlasting—

²⁰ It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in the land of Egypt; when they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior, and he will come down and rescue them.

¹⁷ “Whoever curses his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor’s property.
⁹ “In every ownership dispute involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, ‘This is mine,’ the case between the two of them is to come before the judges, and the one that the judges declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.

¹⁶ because the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD is certainly to be put to death. The entire congregation is to stone him to death. As it is for the resident alien, so it is to be with the native born: when he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death.

⁶ He told his men, “God forbid that I should do this thing to your majesty, the LORD’s anointed, by stretching out my hand against him, since he’s the LORD’s anointed.”

¹⁰ Look, this very day you saw with your own eyes that the LORD gave you into my control in the cave, and one of my men told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and responded, ‘I won’t lift my hand against his majesty because he’s the LORD’s anointed.’

⁹ David told Abishai, “Don’t destroy him. Who can raise his hand to strike the LORD’s anointed and remain innocent?

⁶ Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

¹ A Psalm of Asaph
Asking God for Justice God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment: ² “How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude ³ “Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor. ⁴ Rescue the poor and the needy, delivering them from the power of the wicked. ⁵ They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁶ “Indeed I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High. ⁷ However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.’

¹ Thanksgiving to God LORD, I thank you with all of my heart; because you heard the words that I spoke, I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings.

²⁰ Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

³⁴ Jesus replied to them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? ³⁵ If he called those to whom a message from God came ‘gods’ (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

³ At this Paul told him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”

⁵ Paul answered, “I didn’t realize, brothers, that he is the high priest. After all, it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

² so that whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has established, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. ³ For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval. ⁴ For they are God’s servants, working for your good.
But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God’s servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. ⁵ Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God’s punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience. ⁶ This is also why you pay taxes. For rulers are God’s servants faithfully devoting themselves to their work. ⁷ Pay everyone whatever you owe them—taxes to whom taxes are due, tolls to whom tolls are due, fear to whom fear is due, honor to whom honor is due.

¹ Concentrate on Doing What is GoodRemind believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do any honorable kind of work. ² They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone.

¹⁷ Honor everyone. Keep on loving the community of believers, fearing God, and honoring the king.

¹⁰ especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority.
Being bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander glorious beings.

⁸ In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord’s authority, and slander his glorious beings.

² “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me.”

¹² you are to dedicate to the LORD everything that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

¹⁶ You are to observe the Festival of Harvest, celebrating the first fruits of your work in planting the field, and the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your work from the field.

¹⁹ “You are to bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God.
“You are not to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

¹⁹ “Everything firstborn belongs to me: all the males of your herds, the firstborn of both cattle and sheep.

² Gather all the first produce of the ground that you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is about to give you, place it in a basket, and bring it to the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name. ³ Approach the priest who is in charge at that time and say to him, ‘I acknowledge today to the LORD your God that I’ve arrived in the land that the LORD promised our ancestors to give us.’ ⁴ Then the priest will take the basket from you and place it in front of the altar of the LORD your God. ⁵ Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, who went down to Egypt and traveled there with very few family members, yet there he became a great, powerful, and populous nation. ⁶ But the Egyptians oppressed us, afflicted us, and assigned us to hard labor. ⁷ So we cried out to the LORD God of our ancestors, and he heard our cries and observed our affliction, trouble, and oppression. ⁸ The LORD brought us out of Egypt with his awesome power, with great terror, signs, and wonders. ⁹ And then we arrived at this place, and he gave this land to us, flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ Now, look—I brought the first produce of the land that you, LORD, have given me.’
Then set it in the presence of the LORD your God and worship him.

⁴² Feeding of the Crowd
Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, “Give them to the people so they can eat.”

⁵ As the word spread around, the people of Israel gave generously for the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and all of the produce of the fields. They generously gave a tithe of everything.

⁹ Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce, ¹⁰ so your barns will be filled with abundance, and your vats will burst open with new wine.

⁴⁰ For on my holy mountain, on Israel’s high mountains,” declares the Lord GOD, “the whole of Israel’s house—all of it—will serve me there in the land. I’ll accept them there. And there I’ll demand your offerings, the first fruits of your portions of all your sacred things.

¹ The Evil Behavior of the People Poor me! I feel like those who harvest summer fruit, or like those who pick grapes— there are no clusters to eat or any fresh fruit that I want.

³³ But first be concerned about God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

²³ However, not only the creation, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

¹⁸ In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

³ On the eighth day, the flesh of the baby’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

²⁷ “Whenever a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it is to remain for seven days under the care of its mother. But on the eighth day onwards, it may be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

¹⁹ Offering the Firstborn Male Animals“Set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male among your herd and flock. You must not put the firstborn of your ox to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.

⁵ And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the peoples, because the whole earth belongs to me, ⁶ but you are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.’ These are the words you are to declare to the Israelis.”

⁴⁴ because I, the LORD, am your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that swarm the earth. ⁴⁵ I am the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You are to be holy, because I am holy.

¹⁵ “Any person who eats a carcass or an animal that was torn by beasts (whether that person is native born or is a resident alien), is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will remain unclean until evening, and then he’ll become clean. ¹⁶ But if he doesn’t wash or bathe his body, then he is to bear the punishment of his iniquity.”

² “Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy.

²⁵ You are to differentiate between the clean animal and the unclean and between the unclean bird and the clean. You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any animal, bird, or any creeping creature of the ground that I’ve separated for you as unclean.

⁸ He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.

²¹ “You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

³¹ However, the priests are not to eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or that has been torn apart.”

¹⁴ But Peter said, “Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!”

²⁰ Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.

¹⁵ Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy. ¹⁶ For it is written, “You must be holy, because I am holy.”