Exodus 21 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Now, these, are the regulations which thou shalt put before them. ² When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,––but, in the seventh, shall he go out freely––for nought. ³ If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out,––if he was, married, then shall his wife go out with him. ⁴ If, his lord, gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he, shall go out by himself. ⁵ But, if the servant shall, plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife, and my sons,––I will not go out free, ⁶ then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door–post,––and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life. ⁷ And, when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out–going of the men–servants. ⁸ If she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her, in that he hath dealt treacherously with her. ⁹ And, if, to his son, he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her. ¹⁰ If he take to himself another, her food, her clothing, and her marriage–right, shall he not withdraw. ¹¹ But, if, these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.
¹² He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall, surely be put to death. ¹³ But, he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee. ¹⁴ But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour, to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die. ¹⁵ And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death. ¹⁶ And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death. ¹⁷ And, he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death. ¹⁸ And, when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist,––and he die not, but shall fall to his bed; –– ¹⁹ if he rise, and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted,––only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him. ²⁰ And, when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die, under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged; ²¹ nevertheless, if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.
²² And, when men strive together, and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges. ²³ But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life; ²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth,––hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ brand for brand, wound for wound,––stripe for stripe. ²⁶ And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye; ²⁷ or, if, the tooth of his servant, or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth. ²⁸ And, when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten, and, the owner of the ox, shall be quit. ²⁹ But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death. ³⁰ If, a sin–covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him: ³¹ if, a son, he gore, or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him; ³² if, a servant, the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned. ³³ And, when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it,––and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass, ³⁴ the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof,––and, the dead beast, shall be his. ³⁵ And, when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour, so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox, and divide the silver thereof, and, the dead ox also, shall they divide. ³⁶ Or, if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall, surely make good,––an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his.

⁷ Then came Moses, and called for the elders of the people,––and put before them all these words, which Yahweh had commanded him.

³ So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations,––and all the people responded with one voice, and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do. ⁴ Then wrote Moses all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar, under the mountain,––and twelve pillars, for the twelve tribes of Israel;

⁵ Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which, if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them,––I, am Yahweh.

²⁶ Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations,––whether the home–born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst;

³⁷ Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,––I, am Yahweh.

²² Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my regulations, and do them,––So shall the land, whereinto I am bringing you to dwell therein, not vomit you forth;

²⁴ then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood–redeemer,––according to these regulations;

¹³ These, are the commandments and the regulations which Yahweh gave in charge, by the hand of Moses, unto the sons of Israel,––in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

⁵ See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,––that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.

⁸ Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you, today?

¹⁴ And, unto me, gave Yahweh command, at that time, to teach you, statutes and regulations,––that ye should do them, in the land whereinto ye, are passing over, to possess it.

⁴⁵ These, are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the regulations,––which Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt:

¹ Then called Moses unto all Israel, and said unto them––Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the regulations, which I, am speaking in your ears today,––so shall ye learn them, and observe, to do them.

³¹ Thou, therefore, here, stand with me and let me speak unto thee––all the commandment, and the statutes, and the regulations, which thou shalt teach them,––that they may do [them] in the land which I, am giving unto them, to possess it.

¹ This, then, is the commandment,––[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded, to teach you,––that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it:

²⁰ When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying,––What mean the testimonies, and the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh our God commanded you?

¹² Concerning this house, which thou art building, If thou wilt walk in my statutes, and, my regulations, wilt practise, and so observe all my commandments, by walking in them, Then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father;

¹⁰ Any dispute that shall come in unto you from among your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment and statutes and regulations, then shall ye warn them, that they may not become guilty against Yahweh, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren,––Thus, shall ye act, and not incur guilt.

¹³ And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens,––and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments. ¹⁴ And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them,––and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.

²⁹ were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God,––and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

¹⁹ Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.

¹¹ Then gave I unto them my statutes, And, my regulations, caused I them to know,––By the which the man, that doeth them, shall live.

²⁵ I myself, indeed, suffered them [to walk in] statutes which were, not good,––And regulations, in which they could not live.

⁴ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,––which I commanded him in Horeb, for all Israel, statutes and regulations.

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.

¹ For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God,––even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

²⁸ Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,––And abundance of corn, and new wine:

³⁶ And he said, Is it because, his name, is called, Jacob, that he hath tricked me, now twice? My birthright, he took away, And lo! now, he hath taken away, my blessing! And he said, Hast thou not reserved, for me, a blessing?

⁴⁴ but, every man’s servant bought with silver,––when thou hast circumcised him, then, shall he eat thereof:

³ should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him,––he is, surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft.

³⁹ And, when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman: ⁴⁰ as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee,––until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee: ⁴¹ then shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him,––and shall return unto his family, and, unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return. ⁴² For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,––they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman. ⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,––so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God. ⁴⁴ And, as for thy bondman and thy bondmaid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you––from them, may ye buy bondman and bondmaid. ⁴⁵ Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you––of them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land,––so shall they become yours, as a possession;

¹ At the end of seven years, shalt thou make a release.

¹² When thy brother, a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years,––and, in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free, from thee; ¹³ and, when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out, empty: ¹⁴ thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing–floor, and out of thy wine–vat,––of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him; ¹⁵ and thou shalt remember, that, a servant, thou wast, in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee,––for this cause, am I commanding thee this thing, today.

¹⁸ It shall not be hard in thine eyes, when thou lettest him go out free, from thee; for, to the double of the hire of a hireling, hath he served thee, six years,––so will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest.

¹⁰ And Moses commanded them, saying,––At the end of seven years, in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;

¹ Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying––Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh,––now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

¹ Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives,––against their brethren the Jews. ² And there were some who were saying, Our sons and our daughters, are we pledging,––that we may obtain corn, and eat, and keep ourselves alive. ³ And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging,––that we may obtain corn in the dearth. ⁴ And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute,––[upon] our lands and our vineyards. ⁵ Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.

⁸ and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

⁸ The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh,––after that King Zedekiah had solemnised a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, proclaiming unto them, liberty: ⁹ that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free,––so that no man should use them as slaves, to wit a Jew his brother; ¹⁰ so then they hearkened––even all the princes and all the people who had entered into the covenant, that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, go free, so as not to use them as slaves, any longer,––yea they hearkened, and let them go, ¹¹ howbeit they turned, after that, and brought back the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go, free, and brought them into subjection as servants and as handmaids. ¹² So then the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah. from Yahweh, saying: ¹³ Thus, saith Yahweh. God of Israel,––I myself, solemnised a covenant with your fathers, in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, saying: ¹⁴ At the end of seven years, shall ye let go, every man his brother, being a Hebrew, who shall sell himself unto thee, and serve thee, six years, then shalt thou let him go, free, from thee, Howbeit your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. ¹⁵ And, though, ye, just now turned, and did that which was right in mine eyes, by proclaiming liberty, every man to his neighbour,––and solemnised a covenant, before me, in the house on which my Name hath been called, ¹⁶ yet have ye turned and profaned my Name, and brought back, every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go, free, at their own desire,––and have brought them into subjection, to become your, servants and handmaids. ¹⁷ Therefore––Thus, saith Yahweh, Ye, have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother and every man to his neighbour: Behold me! proclaiming, to you, a liberty, Declareth Yahweh, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, so will I make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth;

²⁵ and, he, not having, wherewith to pay, the master ordered him to be sold, and the wife, and the children, and whatsoever he had,––and payment to be made.

²⁰ For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

¹² When thy brother, a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years,––and, in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free, from thee; ¹³ and, when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out, empty: ¹⁴ thou shalt, richly load, him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing–floor, and out of thy wine–vat,––of that wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee, shalt thou give unto him;

¹⁶ And it shall be, if he shall say unto thee, I will not go away from thee,––because he loveth thee, and thy household, because he is well off with thee, ¹⁷ then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, so shall he be thy servant all his life. And, unto thine handmaid also, shalt thou do thus.

¹³ O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned, us,––By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name.

¹⁴ For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; –– Having judged this,––that, one, in behalf of all, died, hence, they all, died; ¹⁵ and, in behalf of all, died he,––in order that, they who live, no longer for themselves, should live, but for him who, in their behalf, died and rose again.

¹² I will pass along, therefore, throughout the land of Egypt, this night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast,––and, against all the gods of Egypt, will I execute judgments––I, Yahweh.

²¹ Thou thyself, therefore, shalt look out, from among all the people––men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,––and place them over [them] as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. ²² So shall they judge the people at any time, and it shall be, all the great matters, shall they bring in unto thee, but, all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge,––so, lighten thou the burden for thyself, and let them bear it with thee. ²³ If, this thing, thou wilt do, and God shall command thee, then shalt thou be able to endure,––yea, moreover, all this people, shall go in, unto their dwellings, contented. ²⁴ So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father–in–law, and did all that he had said; ²⁵ and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,––rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. ²⁶ And they shall judge the people, at any time,––the hard matters, shall they bring in unto Moses, but, all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge.

²² And, when men strive together, and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.

⁸ if the thief be found, he shall give in restitution, double: if the thief be not found, then shall the owner of the house be brought near unto God [to swear] that he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour. ⁹ For any affair of trespass––for an ox, for an ass, for a sheep, for a mantle, for anything lost, as to which one could say––This is, it, unto God, shall come the affair of them both,––he whom God shall condemn, shall make restitution of double, to his neighbour.

²⁸ God, shalt thou not revile,––and, a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse.

²³ The land moreover, shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land,––for, sojourners and settlers, ye are, with me.

⁴⁰ as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee,––until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:

⁵ And Moses said unto the judges of Israel,––Slay ye each one his men, who have let themselves be bound unto Baal–peor.
⁶ And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel,––when they, were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel.

¹⁶ And I charged your judges, at that time, saying,––Ye are to hear, between your brethren, and shall judge righteously, between each man and his brother, and his sojourner.

¹⁷ then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, so shall he be thy servant all his life. And, unto thine handmaid also, shalt thou do thus.

¹⁸ Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee, in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes,––and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment.

¹⁷ then shall the two men who are at variance, stand before Yahweh,––before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days; ¹⁸ and the judges shall make diligent inquisition,––and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered against his brother,

²² But, Hannah, went not up,––for she said to her husband––[Not] till the boy is weaned, then will I take him, and he shall appear before Yahweh, and abide there evermore.

¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges to Israel; ² and the name of his firstborn son was, Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah,––they were judges in Beer–sheba.

¹² And Achish believed in David, saying,––He hath made himself, odious, unto his own people, unto Israel, therefore shall he be my servant all his life long.

² And David said unto Achish, Therefore, now, shalt thou know what thy servant can do. And Achish said unto David, Therefore, keeper of my head, will I appoint thee, all the days.

⁷ And they spake unto him, saying––If, today, thou wilt be servant unto this people, and wilt serve them,––and answer them kindly, and speak unto them good words, then will they be, thy, servants, always.

⁶ Sacrifice and meal–offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me,––Ascending–sacrifice and sin–bearer, thou didst not ask: ⁷ Then, said I––Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me; ⁸ To do thy good–pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

²⁶ That I may restore, thy Judges, as at the first, and, thy Counselors, as at the beginning,––After that, shalt thou be called, Righteous, citadel, Trusty, city,––

³ Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,––her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!

² When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,––but, in the seventh, shall he go out freely––for nought. ³ If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out,––if he was, married, then shall his wife go out with him.

⁵ Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.

⁸ So then Esau beheld that, displeasing, were the daughters of Caanan,––in the eyes of Isaac his father:

²⁹ And Moses said: Lo! I, am going out from thee, and will make entreaty unto Yahweh, so will he take away the gad–fly––from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow,––only let not Pharaoh again deceive, in not letting the people go, to sacrifice to Yahweh.

⁷ And who is the man that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go, and return unto his house,––lest he die in the battle, and, another man, take her.

¹¹ and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure,––and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take [her] to thee to wife, ¹² then shalt thou bring her into the midst of thy house,––and she shall shave her head and pare her nails; ¹³ and put away the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother, for the space of a month,––and, after that, mayest thou go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. ¹⁴ And it shall be, if thou hast no pleasure in her, then shalt thou let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not, sell, her for silver,––thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁹ if then, in truth and in sincerity, ye have dealt with Jerubbaal and with his house, this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let, him also, rejoice in you;

³ And his father and his mother said to him––Is there not, among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, a woman, that thou art going away to take a woman from among the uncircumcised Philistines? But Samson said unto his father––Take, her, for me, for, she, is pleasant in mine eyes.

⁶ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh.

⁸ Then was Saul exceeding angry, and this saying was offensive in his eyes, and he said,––They have ascribed, to David, ten thousands, but, to me, have they ascribed thousands,––What, more, then, can he have but, the kingdom?

¹⁵ Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:

¹¹ Judah, hath dealt treacherously, and, an abomination, hath been wrought in Israel, and in Jerusalem,–– for Judah, had profaned, the holy place of Yahweh, which he had loved, and hath taken to himself the daughter of a foreign GOD. ¹² May Yahweh, cut off, from the man that doeth it––him that crieth out and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob,–– him also that bringeth near a present to Yahweh of hosts. ¹³ And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry,––because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands? ¹⁴ Yet ye say, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy covenant wife. ¹⁵ Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

¹ Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman; ² But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband: ³ Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband,–– ⁴ The wife, over her own body, hath not authority, but the husband, and, in like manner, the husband also, over his own body, hath not authority, but the wife. ⁵ Be not depriving one another––unless perhaps by consent for a season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and, again, may be together,––lest Satan be tempting you by reason of your want of self–control. ⁶ This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;

⁶ He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man.

¹³ Thou shalt not commit murder.

¹⁷ And, when, any man, by smiting taketh the life of any human being, he shall be surely put to death.

¹⁶ If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––a manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁷ Or, if, with a stone thrown by hand, whereby one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁸ Or, if, with hand–weapon of wood, wherewith one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁹ The blood–redeemer, he, shall put to death the manslayer,––when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death. ²⁰ Or, if, with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died, ²¹ or, if, with enmity, he hath smitten him with his hand, and he is dead, then shall he that dealt the blow, be surely put to death, a manslayer, he is––the blood–redeemer, shall put to death the manslayer, when he lighteth upon him. ²² But, if, suddenly, without enmity, he shall thrust him, or hurl upon him any missile, without design; ²³ Or with any stone whereby one might die, without seeing [him], and it fall upon him, and he dieth; he, not being at enmity with him, nor seeking to harm him, ²⁴ then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood–redeemer,––according to these regulations;

³⁰ Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall the slayer be slain,––but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put [him] to death. ³¹ And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,––but he, must surely be put to death.

¹¹ But, when any man shall be hating his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him so as to take away his life, that he dieth,––and shall then flee into one of these cities, ¹² then shall the elders of his city send and fetch him from thence,––and deliver him into the hand of the blood redeemer, that he die; ¹³ thine eye shall not look with pity upon him,––so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shall go well with thee.

¹³ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Yahweh. Then said Nathan unto David,––Yahweh also, hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die!

⁵² Then, Jesus saith unto him––Put back thy sword into its place, for, all they who take a sword, by a sword, shall perish.

¹⁰ Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,––When ye are passing over the Jordan, unto the land of Canaan, ¹¹ then shall ye find for you, convenient cities, cities of refuge, shall they be unto you,––and the manslayer, who hath slain a person, by mistake, shall flee thither. ¹² So shall the cities serve you for places of refuge from the redeemer,––that the manslayer may not die, until he has stood before the assembly, for judgment. ¹³ And, as touching the cities which ye shall give, six cities of refuge, shall there be unto you. ¹⁴ Three of the cities, shall ye give, on this side the Jordan, and, three of the cities, shall ye give in the land of Canaan,––cities of refuge, shall they be. ¹⁵ For the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner, and for the settler in your midst, shall these six cities serve, as places of refuge,––that any one may flee thither who hath slain a person, by mistake. ¹⁶ If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––a manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁷ Or, if, with a stone thrown by hand, whereby one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁸ Or, if, with hand–weapon of wood, wherewith one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁹ The blood–redeemer, he, shall put to death the manslayer,––when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death. ²⁰ Or, if, with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died, ²¹ or, if, with enmity, he hath smitten him with his hand, and he is dead, then shall he that dealt the blow, be surely put to death, a manslayer, he is––the blood–redeemer, shall put to death the manslayer, when he lighteth upon him. ²² But, if, suddenly, without enmity, he shall thrust him, or hurl upon him any missile, without design; ²³ Or with any stone whereby one might die, without seeing [him], and it fall upon him, and he dieth; he, not being at enmity with him, nor seeking to harm him, ²⁴ then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood–redeemer,––according to these regulations; ²⁵ and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the blood–redeemer, and the assembly shall restore him unto his city of refuge, whither he had fled,––and he shall dwell therein, until the death of the high priest, who hath been anointed with the hallowing oil. ²⁶ But, if the manslayer, go out, of the bounds of his city of refuge, whereinto he hath fled; ²⁷ and the blood–redeemer, find him, outside the bounds of his city of refuge, then may the blood–redeemer slay the slayer, without being guilty of blood; ²⁸ for, in his city of refuge, should he have remained, until the death of the high priest,––and, after the death of the high priest, might he have returned into the land which he doth possess. ²⁹ So shall these serve you as a regulative statute unto your generations,––wheresoever ye may dwell. ³⁰ Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall the slayer be slain,––but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put [him] to death. ³¹ And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,––but he, must surely be put to death. ³² And ye shall accept no ransom for him that hath fled to his city of refuge, if he should return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. ³³ So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for, blood, doth pollute the land,––and, for the land, no propitiatory–covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it; ³⁴ thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,––Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁴¹ Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan,––towards the rising of the sun: ⁴² that the manslayer might flee thither, who should slay his neighbour, unawares, he, not having hated him, aforetime,––and might flee unto one of these cities, and live: ⁴³ namely Bezer, in the desert of the table–land, for the Reubenites,––and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

¹ When Yahweh thy God, shall cut off, the nations, whose land Yahweh thy God is giving thee,––and thou shalt dispossess them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses, ² three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee,––in the midst of thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess. ³ Thou shalt prepare for thee a way, and shalt divide into three parts the boundary of thy land which Yahweh thy God shall cause thee to inherit,––and it shall be, that every manslayer, shall flee thither. ⁴ And, this, is the case of the manslayer, who shall flee thither and live,––Whoso shall smite his neighbour unwittingly, he, not having hated him aforetime; ⁵ as when one entereth with his neighbour into a forest, to fell trees, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, to cut down the tree, and the head flieth off from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die, he, shall flee into one of these cities, and live; ⁶ lest the blood redeemer pursue the manslayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and he smite him so as to take away his life,––he not being worthy of death, seeing that he had not been hating him, aforetime. ⁷ For this cause, am I commanding thee, saying,––Three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee. ⁸ But, if Yahweh thy God should enlarge thy bounds, as he aware unto thy fathers,––and should give thee all the land, which he spake of giving unto thy fathers; ⁹ because thou dost observe all this commandment, to do it, which I am commanding thee today, to love Yahweh thy God, and to walk in his paths all the days, then shalt thou add unto thee yet three cities, unto these three; ¹⁰ that innocent blood may not be shed, in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, as an inheritance,––and so shed–blood be upon thee.

² Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––Set out for you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you, by the hand of Moses: ³ that the manslayer who slayeth a person by mistake, unwittingly, may flee thither,––so shall they be unto you for refuge from the blood–redeemer, ⁴ and he shall flee unto one of these cities and present himself at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall speak, in the ears of the elders of that city, his defence,––and they shall take him for protection into the city unto them, and shall give him a place, so shall he dwell with them. ⁵ And, when the blood–redeemer pursueth after him, then shall they not deliver up the manslayer, into his hand,––because, unwittingly, it was that he slew his neighbour, and had not been, cherishing hatred, towards him, aforetime; ⁶ so shall he remain in that city, until he standeth before the assembly, for judgment, until the death of the high–priest who shall be in those days,––then, shall the manslayer return, and enter into his own city, and into his own house, within the city from whence he fled.
⁷ So then they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath–arba, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah. ⁸ And, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness, in the table–land, out of the tribe of Reuben,––and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh. ⁹ These, were the cities appointed for all the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who sojourneth in their midst, that whosoever should slay a person by mistake, might flee thither,––and not die by the hand of the blood–redeemer, until he should stand before the assembly.

⁴ So David’s men said unto him––Lo! the day of which Yahweh said unto thee––Lo! I am about to deliver up thine enemy, into thy hand: therefore shall thou do unto him, as shall be good in thine eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which belonged to Saul, by stealth.

¹⁰ Lo! this day, have thine own eyes seen, how Yahweh had delivered thee up, today, into my hand in the cave, and, when one bade me slay thee, I looked with compassion upon thee,––and I said––I will not thrust forth my hand against my lord, for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!

¹⁸ Thou, then, hast told today, how thou hast dealt with me, for good,––how, when Yahweh had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not slay me.

¹⁰ But the king said, What have I in common with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? thus, he curseth, because, Yahweh, hath said unto him––Curse David. Who then can say, Why hast thou done thus?

⁷ But, as for him, not so, doth he deem, And, in his heart, not so, doth he think,––For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;

² Perished is the man of lovingkindness out of the earth, and, upright among men, is there none,––they all, for bloodshed, lie in wait. Every man––for his brother, do they hunt as for one devoted to destruction.

³⁰ But, as for the person who acteth with a high hand––of the native born or of the sojourners, Yahweh himself, he, reproacheth,––therefore shall that person be cut off out of the midst of his people. ³¹ Because, the word of Yahweh, hath he despised, and, his commandment, hath he broken, that person shall be, surely cut off, his iniquity, is in himself.

²⁰ Or, if, with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died, ²¹ or, if, with enmity, he hath smitten him with his hand, and he is dead, then shall he that dealt the blow, be surely put to death, a manslayer, he is––the blood–redeemer, shall put to death the manslayer, when he lighteth upon him.

⁴³ So I spake unto you, howbeit ye hearkened not,––but rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, and presumptuously, went up the hill–country.

¹² And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man, shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel. ¹³ And, all the people, shall hear and fear,––and shall not act presumptuously any more.

²² When the prophet shall speak in the name of Yahweh, and the word, shall not come to pass, neither shall come in, that, is the word which Yahweh, hath not spoken,––presumptuously, hath the prophet spoken it, thou shall not be in dread of him.

²⁴ Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say––Amen.

²⁷ So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly,––and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.

⁹ Then said Joab unto Amasa, Art thou, well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand, to kiss him. ¹⁰ Amasa not heeding the sword that was in the hand of Joab, he smote him therewith in the belly, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and [struck] him not again, and he died. So, Joab and Abishai his brother, pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

⁵⁰ Adonijah also, feared because of Solomon,––and rose and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar. ⁵¹ And it was told Solomon, saying, Lo! Adonijah, feareth King Solomon,––lo! therefore, he hath laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear unto me at once that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

²⁸ And, the report, came unto Joab, for, Joab, had inclined after Adonijah, although, after Solomon, he had not inclined,––so then Joab fled into the Tent of Yahweh, and laid hold of the horns of the altar. ²⁹ And it was told King Solomon––Joab hath fled into the Tent of Yahweh, and, there he is, beside the altar. So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying––Go fall upon him! ³⁰ And Benaiah came into the Tent of Yahweh, and said unto him––Thus, saith the king, Come forth! And he said––Nay! but, here, will I die! So Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus, spake Joab, and, thus, he answered me. ³¹ And the king said to him––Do as he hath spoken, fall, then, upon him, and bury him,––and so put away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father; ³² thus will Yahweh bring back his blood upon his own head, in that he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it,––even Abner son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, general of the army of Judah; ³³ thus shall their blood come back upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed unto times age–abiding,––but, David and his seed, and his house, and his throne, shall have peace, unto times age–abiding, from Yahweh. ³⁴ So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and put him to death,––and he was buried in his own house, in the wilderness.

¹⁵ And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds––officers of the force, and said unto them––Take her forth into the inside of the ranks, and, he that cometh in after her, [ye are] to slay with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain, in the house of Yahweh.

¹³ Even from the presumptuous, keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then, shall I be blameless, and shall be acquitted from great transgression:

²⁶ For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full–knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice,

¹⁰ Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,––daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,

¹⁸ When a man hath a son, rebellious and insulting, who will not hearken to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother,––though they chastise him, yet will not hearken unto them, ¹⁹ then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him,––and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; ²⁰ and shall say unto the elders of his city: This our son, is rebellious and insulting,––he will not hearken unto our voice,––a glutton and a tippler. ²¹ Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones, that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,––and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

¹¹ A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

⁹ Knowing this––that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers,

²⁸ And there passed by certain Midianites, travelling merchants, so they drew forth and uplifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver,––and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

¹⁵ For I was, stolen, out of the land of the Hebrews,––and, even here, had I done nothing, that they should have put me in the dungeon.

⁴ If the thing stolen is, found in his hand––whether ox, or ass, or sheep, alive, with two, shall he make restitution.

⁷ When a man is found stealing any person from among his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and making merchandise of him, or selling him, then shall that thief die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, man–stealers, liars, false–swearers,––and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; ––

¹² cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every article of ivory, and every article of wood most precious, and of copper, and of iron, and of marble,

⁹ When, any man whatsoever, curseth his father or his mother, he shall, surely be put to death,––his father or his mother, hath he cursed, his blood, shall be upon himself.
¹⁰ And, any man, who committeth adultery with the wife of any other man, he that committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour, shall, surely be put to death––the adulterer, and the adulteress.

¹⁶ Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem, his father or his mother. And all the people shall say––Amen.

²⁰ Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

³ But, he, answering, said unto them––Wherefore do, ye also, transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For, God, said––Honour thy father and thy mother, and––He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die! ⁵ But, ye, say––Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother––A gift! Whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited, ⁶ in nowise, shall honour his father or his mother––and so ye have cancelled, the word of God, for the sake of your, tradition.

¹⁰ For, Moses, said––Honour thy father and thy mother, and––He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die,–– ¹¹ But, ye, say––If a man shall say to his father or his mother, Korban! that is, A gift, whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited,

¹³ And he went out on the second day, and lo! two Hebrews, striving together,––so he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore shouldest thou smite thy fellow?

²⁰ And, when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die, under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;

¹¹ When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him,––and she putteth forth her hand, and seizeth him by his parts of shame,

⁶ Now, thy maidservant, had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, with none to tear them apart,––so the one smote the other, and slew him.

²⁹ Let it be hurled upon the head of Joab, and against all his father’s house,––and let there not fail from the house of Joab––one that hath an issue, or a leper, or one that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem,––Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days:

¹⁵ And Yahweh said to him––Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain, sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.

²⁴ If, sevenfold, be the avenging of, Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.

²⁶ And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye; ²⁷ or, if, the tooth of his servant, or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth.

¹⁹ The blood–redeemer, he, shall put to death the manslayer,––when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death.

³⁰ Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall the slayer be slain,––but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put [him] to death. ³¹ And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,––but he, must surely be put to death. ³² And ye shall accept no ransom for him that hath fled to his city of refuge, if he should return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. ³³ So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for, blood, doth pollute the land,––and, for the land, no propitiatory–covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;

²¹ neither shall thine eye pity,––life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

¹⁹ By words, a servant will not be corrected, though he perceiveth, yet is there no answer.

³ Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on! ⁴ Lo! for strife and contention, ye fast, And to smite with the fist of lawlessness,––Ye shall not fast as today, To cause to be heard, on high, your voice!

⁴ For, God’s minister, is he unto thee for that which is good. But, if, that which is evil, thou be doing, be afraid! For, not in vain, the sword he beareth; for, God’s minister, he is,––an avenger, unto anger, to him who practiseth what is evil.

⁴⁴ And, as for thy bondman and thy bondmaid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you––from them, may ye buy bondman and bondmaid. ⁴⁵ Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you––of them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land,––so shall they become yours, as a possession; ⁴⁶ and ye may take them as an inheritance, for your sons after you, to inherit as a possession, unto times age–abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen,––but, over your brethren the sons of Israel––a man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him, with rigour.

³⁰ If, a sin–covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:

¹⁸ Then shall the elders of that city take the man,––and chastise him; ¹⁹ and fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel,––and she shall remain, his, wife, he may not put her away, all his days.

¹⁹ And, when, any man, inflicteth a blemish upon his neighbour, as he hath done, so, shall it be done to him:

³¹ And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,––but he, must surely be put to death.

¹⁹ And, when, any man, inflicteth a blemish upon his neighbour, as he hath done, so, shall it be done to him: ²⁰ fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, as he inflicteth a blemish upon a human being, so, shall one be inflicted upon him.

⁶ But Adoni–bezek fled, and they pursued him,––and took him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes. ⁷ Then said Adoni–bezek––Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

³³ And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.

³⁸ Ye have heard, that it was said,––Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. ³⁹ But, I, tell you, not to resist evil,––Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also; ⁴⁰ And, him who is desiring thee to be judged, and to take, thy tunic, let him have, thy mantle also.

² For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,––and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will they give into your lap; for, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured back unto you.

⁶ Because, blood of saints and prophets, poured they out, and, blood, unto them, hast thou given to drink: Worthy, they are!

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,––nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for, the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

¹³ If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me, ¹⁴ What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him? ¹⁵ Did not he who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?

¹² When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

¹⁴ Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.

¹⁸ To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!

¹² Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper; ¹³ He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth: ¹⁴ From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate; ²³ For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.

⁹ And ye masters, the same things, be doing towards them, forbearing your threat––knowing that, both their and your Master, is in the heavens, and, respect of persons, there is none, with him.

¹ Ye masters! that which is just and equitable, unto your servants, be rendering, knowing that, ye also, have a Master in heaven.

⁵ And surely, your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,––and from the hand of man, From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man: ⁶ He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man.

³² if, a servant, the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned.

¹⁵ And, any man, who hath carnal knowledge of a beast, shall, surely be put to death,––and, the beast, shall ye slay. ¹⁶ And, a woman, who approacheth unto any beast, to couch down thereto, then shalt thou slay the woman and the beast,––they shall, surely be put to death,––their blood, shall be upon themselves.

¹ When there shall be found one slain, on the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to possess, lying prostrate in the field,––it not being known who smote him, ² then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth,––and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain; ³ and it shall be that, the city that is nearest unto the slain, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in a yoke; ⁴ and the elders of that city shall take down the heifer into a ravine with an everflowing stream, which is neither tilled nor sown,––and shall behead there, the heifer, in the ravine. ⁵ Then shall the priests, the sons of Levi, come near, for, of them, hath Yahweh thy God made choice, to wait upon him, and to bless, in the name of Yahweh,––and, at their bidding, shall be settled, every controversy and every punishment; ⁶ and, all the elders of that city who are nearest unto the slain, shall bathe their hands over the heifer that hath been beheaded in the ravine, ⁷ and shall respond, and say,––Our hands, shed not this blood, neither did, our eyes, see [the deed]. ⁸ Be propitious unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not impute innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel. So shall they obtain propitiation for the guilt of shedding blood. ⁹ Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst,––when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

¹² When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel, by their numberings, then shall they give, every man a propitiatory–covering for his soul to Yahweh, when they are numbered,––that there may be among them no plague, when they are numbered.

⁸ The ransom of a man’s life, is his wealth, but, the poor, heareth not rebuke.

²⁸ And, when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten, and, the owner of the ox, shall be quit. ²⁹ But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.

¹² Then said I unto them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my wage, and, if not, forbear. So they weighed out my wage, thirty pieces of silver. ¹³ Then said Yahweh unto me, Cast it into the treasury, the magnificent price at which I had been valued by them! So I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them, in the house of Yahweh, into the treasury.

¹⁵ and said––What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

³ Then, Judas who had delivered him up, seeing that he was condemned, being smitten with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver unto the High–priests and Elders, ⁴ saying––I have sinned, in delivering up righteous blood. But, they, said––What is that to us? thou, shalt see to it for thyself. ⁵ And, throwing the pieces of silver into the Temple, he withdrew, and, going away, hanged himself. ⁶ But, the High–priests, taking the pieces of silver, said––It is not allowed, to cast them into the treasury; since, a price of blood, they are. ⁷ And, taking counsel, they bought with them, the field of the potter, as a burial–place for strangers. ⁸ Wherefore, that field hath been called Field of Blood, until this day. ⁹ Then, was fulfilled, that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, as the value of him whom they had valued, whom they had valued, of Israel’s sons,––

⁷ But, himself, emptied, taking, a servant’s form, coming to be, in men’s likeness;

¹⁵ The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.

⁸⁵ Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.

¹⁰ He that misguideth the upright into a hurtful way! into his own pit, he himself, shall fall, but, men of integrity, shall inherit good.

⁸ He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall,––and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.

²⁰ Shall, evil, be recompensed, for, good? For they have digged a pit for my life,––Remember how I stood before thee, To speak, in their behalf, what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.

²² Let there be heard a cry out of their houses, When thou shalt bring in upon them a troop, suddenly,––Because they digged a pit to capture me, And, snares, did they hide for my feet.

²⁹ But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death. ³⁰ If, a sin–covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:

⁶ When a fire breaketh out, and hath come upon thorns, and so there is consumed a stack of sheaves, or the standing corn, or the field, he that kindled the fire, shall surely make restitution.

¹⁴ And, when a man asketh aught of his neighbour, and it is fractured or dieth, its owner, not being with it, he shall, surely make restitution.