Exodus 22 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ When a man stealeth an ox or a sheep, and slayeth it, or selleth it, with five of the herd, shall he make good––for the ox, or with four of the flock, for the sheep. ² If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood: 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. ⁴ If the thing stolen is, found in his hand––whether ox, or ass, or sheep, alive, with two, shall he make restitution. ⁵ When a man causeth a field or a vineyard to be depastured, or hath sent in his own cattle and stripped the field of another, he shall, surely make restitution, out of his own field, according to the yield thereof; or, if, all the field, he depasture, with the best of his own field, or with the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. 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.
⁷ When a man giveth unto his neighbour silver or jewelry, to keep, and it is stolen out of the house of the man: 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. ¹⁰ When a man delivereth unto his neighbour, an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep,––and it dieth, or is fractured, or is driven away, no one beholding, ¹¹ the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour,––then shall the owner thereof accept it, and he shall not make restitution. ¹² But, if it be, verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof. ¹³ If it be, verily torn in pieces, he shall bring it in as a witness––for that which was torn, he shall not 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. ¹⁵ If, its owner, was with it, he shall not make restitution,––if it is, hired, it cometh into its hire.
¹⁶ And, when a man enticeth a virgin who is not betrothed, and lieth with her, he shall, surely pay a purchase–price, that she may be his wife. ¹⁷ If her father, utterly refuse, to give her to him, silver, shall he weigh out, according to the purchase–price of virgins. ¹⁸ A sorceress, shalt thou not suffer to live. ¹⁹ Whosoever lieth with a beast, shall, surely be put to death. ²⁰ He that sacrificeth to the gods, shall be devoted to destruction,––except [he sacrificeth] to Yahweh alone. ²¹ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down, neither shalt thou drive him away,––for, sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt. ²² Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate: ²³ if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry: ²⁴ so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword,––and your, wives, shall become, widows, and your, sons, fatherless.
²⁵ If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my people––unto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest,––thou shalt not lay upon him interest. ²⁶ If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him; ²⁷ for, that, is his only covering, that, is his mantle, for his skin,––wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he maketh outcry unto me, then will I hear, because, gracious, I am. ²⁸ God, shalt thou not revile,––and, a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse. ²⁹ Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay,––the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me. ³⁰ Thus, shalt thou do with thine ox, with thy sheep,––seven days, shall it be with its dam, on the eighth day, shalt thou give it to me. ³¹ Holy men, therefore, shall ye truly become to me,––and, flesh in the field torn to pieces, shall ye not eat, to the dogs, shall ye cast it.

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying–– ² When, any person, shall sin, and shall commit a trespass against Yahweh,––and shall withhold something of the truth from his neighbour, in respect of a deposit, or a pledge or anything plundered, or shall use extortion with his neighbour; ³ or shall find something lost and shall withhold something of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood,––as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby; ⁴ and so it shall come about that he shall commit sin and then become aware of his guilt, then shall he return the plunder which he had plundered, or the extortion which he had extorted, or the deposit that was deposited with him,––or the lost thing which he hath found: ⁵ or, in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,––to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it, in the day he becometh aware of his guilt; ⁶ but, his guilt–bearer itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh,––a ram without defect, out of the flock, by thine estimate as a guilt–bearer, unto the priest.

⁷ then shall they confess their sin which they have done, and he shall make good that wherein he is guilty, in the principal thereof, and, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,––and give to him against whom he is guilty.

⁶ and, the lamb, shall he pay back sevenfold,––because he did this thing, and, for that he had no pity.

³¹ Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

⁴ Without cattle, the crib is clean, but, much increase, is in the strength of the ox.

⁸ But, taking his stand, Zacchaeus said unto the Lord––Lo! the half of my possessions, Lord, unto the destitute, I give; and, if, from anyone, I have taken aught by false accusation, I give back fourfold.

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;

¹⁴ With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.

⁵ Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;

¹ When I would have brought healing to Israel, then was disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim, and the wicked doings of Samaria, for they have wrought falsehood,––when, a thief, would enter, a band roamed about, outside,

⁹ Upon the city, shall they leap, on the wall, shall they run, up the houses, shall they climb,––through the windows, shall they enter, like a thief,

¹⁹ Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal; ²⁰ but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:

⁴³ But there is, one thing, ye know––That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

² For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know––that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;

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.

¹⁴ Then kindled the anger of Yahweh upon Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers, who plundered them,––and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

⁷ So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,––and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon;

¹ Thus, saith Yahweh––Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it, to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And, for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.

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.

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.

¹ When a man stealeth an ox or a sheep, and slayeth it, or selleth it, with five of the herd, shall he make good––for the ox, or with four of the flock, for the sheep.

⁷ When a man giveth unto his neighbour silver or jewelry, to keep, and it is stolen out of the house of the man:

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.

² Speak ye unto the heart of Jerusalem, And cry unto her,––That accomplished, is her warfare, That accepted, is her punishment,––That she hath received, at the hand of Yahweh, According to the full measure of all her sins.

¹⁸ Thus will I recompense, first, twofold, their iniquity and their sin, because of their profaning my land,––with the carcase of their disgusting and detestable things, have they filled mine inheritance.

⁶ Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double [the] double, according to her works,––in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double,––

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.

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.

¹² But, if it be, verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

¹⁸ In vain, he toiled, he shall not swallow, like wealth to be restored, in which he cannot exult!

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.

⁴ So Samson went, and caught three hundred jackals,––and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between the two tails, in the midst. ⁵ And, when he had set fire to the torches, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines,––and set fire, both to the stack of sheaves and to the standing corn, and besides to the olive plantation.

³⁰ Then said he unto his servants––See, the allotted portion of Joab, adjoineth me, and, he, hath barley there, go, and set it on fire. So the servants of Absolom set the portion on fire. ³¹ Then rose Joab, and went unto Absolom, in his house,––and said unto him, Wherefore, have thy servants set the portion that pertaineth to me, on fire?

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

³⁰ Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished; ³¹ Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

²⁶ As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel,––They, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their, prophets:

⁶ Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.

¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners––shall inherit, God’s kingdom.

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.

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

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.

⁸ When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee––between blood and blood, between plea and plea, or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose; ⁹ and shalt come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge, who shall be in those days,––and shalt enquire, and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of 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,

⁴ Of these––to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty–four thousand,––and officers and judges, six thousand;

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

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.

⁷ When a man giveth unto his neighbour silver or jewelry, to keep, and it is stolen out of the house of the man: 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.

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one, in his quarrel. ⁷ From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,––and, the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man. ⁸ And, a bribe, shalt thou not take,––for, the bribe, blindeth the clear–sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

⁶ Speak unto the sons of Israel: When, any man or woman, shall do aught of a human sin, in acting unfaithfully against Yahweh,––and that person shall become aware of his guilt, ⁷ then shall they confess their sin which they have done, and he shall make good that wherein he is guilty, in the principal thereof, and, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,––and give to him against whom he is guilty.

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. 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.

¹ When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

³¹ When a man shall sin against his neighbour, and there shall be taken up against him an oath, to put him on oath,––and he shall come in and swear before thine altar, in this house,

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.

¹⁴ For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you; ¹⁵ But, if ye forgive not men [their faults], neither will your Father forgive, your faults.

¹⁵ But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone,––If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother;

³⁵ Thus, my heavenly Father also, will do unto you, if ye forgive not each one his brother, from your hearts.

³ Be taking heed to yourselves,––If thy brother sin, rebuke him, and, if he repent, forgive him; ⁴ Even if, seven times a day, he sin against thee, and, seven times, turn to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.

⁸ And he refused and said unto his lord's wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house, - but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand:

⁴⁸ Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.

¹¹ If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust?

¹² For which cause, these things also, am I suffering; nevertheless I am not being put to shame, for I know him whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is, able, to guard, that which I have entrusted, [to him] unto, that, day.

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.

¹ Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

¹ Any person, moreover, whensoever he shall sin, in that, when he heareth a voice of swearing, he himself, being a witness, either seeing or knowing,––if he do not tell, and so hath to bear his iniquity:––

³ or shall find something lost and shall withhold something of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood,––as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby;

⁴² Then sent the king and called for Shimei, and said unto him––Did I not put thee on oath by Yahweh, and adjure thee, saying––On the day thou goest forth and takest thy journey hither or thither, know, that thou shalt, die. Then saidst thou unto me––Good, is the word I have heard. ⁴³ Why then, hast thou not kept the oath of Yahweh,––and the charge which I laid upon thee?

⁹ Lest I be full, and deny, and say––Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

¹⁶ For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:

³⁹ The torn, have I not brought in unto thee––I, bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it,––Stolen by day, or stolen by night.

¹⁴ Then said, I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh, lo! my person, hath not been defiled: neither of what hath died of itself, nor of what hath been torn in pieces: have I eaten, from my youthful days even unto now, neither hath come into my mouth, the flesh of a foul thing.

¹² Thus, saith Yahweh, Just as a shepherd rescueth, out of the mouth of the lion, a couple of shankbones, or the tip of an ear, so, shall be rescued the sons of Israel, who are tarrying in Samaria, in the corner of the divan, and on the damask of the luxurious couch.

⁸ And, the remnant of Jacob, shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the jungle, as a young lion among flocks of sheep,––who, if he passeth by, both treadeth down––and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

¹² The lion, used to tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and to strangle for his lionesses,––and then fill with prey his holes, and his lairs with what he had torn.

¹¹ the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour,––then shall the owner thereof accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

¹⁸ And, he that by smiting taketh away the life of a beast, shall make it good,––life for life.

² And, this, shall be the manner of the release, Every creditor who lendeth aught to his neighbour, his hand shall release it,––he shall not exact it of his neighbour or his brother, because there hath been proclaimed a release, unto Yahweh.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not lend on interest to thy brother, interest of silver, interest of food,––interest of any thing that can be lent on interest: ²⁰ to a foreigner, thou mayest lend on interest, but, to thy brother, shalt thou not lend on interest,––that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in everything whereunto thou puttest thy hand, upon the land which thou art entering to possess.

⁴ And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute,––[upon] our lands and our vineyards.

²¹ A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;

⁴² To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.

³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for, nothing, back; and your reward shall be, great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High,––for, he, is, gracious, unto the ungrateful and wicked.

¹⁰ That, before those days, hire for man, could not be obtained, and, hire for beast, was there none,––and, neither to him who went out nor to him who came in, was there success by reason of the danger, Yea I let all men loose, each one against his neighbour.

² And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her,––so he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. ³ And his soul clave unto Dinah, daughter of Jacob,––and he loved the young woman, and spake to the heart of the young woman. ⁴ Then spake Shechem unto Hamor his father, saying,––Take me this girl, to wife!

²⁸ When a man findeth a damsel that is a virgin who is not betrothed, and layeth hold of her, and lieth with her, and they are found, ²⁹ then shall the man who lay with her give unto the damsel’s father, fifty [shekels] of silver,––and she shall be, his, wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away, all his days.

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,––four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.

¹² Heap on me, exceedingly, dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me,––but give me the young woman, to wife.

³ neither shalt thou intermarry with them,––thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor, his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son; ⁴ for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,––so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.

²⁹ then shall the man who lay with her give unto the damsel’s father, fifty [shekels] of silver,––and she shall be, his, wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away, all his days.

²⁵ Then said Saul––Thus, shall ye say unto David––The king hath no delight in purchase–price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

²⁶ Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof,––Ye shall not practise divination, neither shall ye use magic.

³¹ Do not turn unto mediums, Nor, for oracles, make search, To render yourselves unclean with them, I––Yahweh, am your God.

⁶ The person also that turneth unto mediums and unto oracles, in going unchastely after them, then will I set my face against that person, and will cut him off out of the midst of his people.

²⁷ And, as touching man or woman, when there shall be in them a familiar spirit, or the spirit of an oracle, they shall, surely be put to death,––with stones, shall they be stoned––their blood, shall be upon themselves.

¹⁰ There shall not be found in thy midst––One who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through fire,––Or who useth divination, hidden arts or enchantments, Or who muttereth incantations; ¹¹ Or who bindeth with spells,––Or who asketh of a familiar spirit or an oracle, Or who seeketh unto the dead.

³ Now, Samuel, was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city,––Saul, moreover had put away them who had familiar spirits and them who were oracles, out of the land.

⁹ And the woman said unto him––Lo! thou, knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off them who have familiar spirits and him who is an oracle, out of the land,––wherefore, then, art thou striking at my life, to put me to death?

³ And the spirit of Egypt, shall vanish, within them, Yea, the sagacity thereof, will I swallow up,––And they will seek, Unto the idols, and, Unto them that mutter, and, Unto them that have familiar spirits, and, Unto the wizards;

⁹ But, a certain man named Simon, was already in the city, practising magical arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria,––saying that himself was someone great: ¹⁰ Unto whom all were giving heed, from small even to great, saying––This, is the Power of God, which is called Great. ¹¹ And they were giving heed to him, because that, for a considerable time, with his magical arts, he had astonished them.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we were on our way unto the place of prayer, a certain damsel, having a spirit of Python, met us,––who, indeed, much gain, was presenting unto her masters, by divining. ¹⁷ The same, following after Paul and us, kept crying aloud, saying––These men, are servants of the Most High God,––who, indeed, are declaring unto you a way of salvation. ¹⁸ And, this, she continued to do for many days. But Paul, worn out, and turning unto the spirit, said––I charge thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out from her. And it came out the same hour. ¹⁹ And, her masters, seeing that their hope of gain had gone out, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market–place, unto the rulers;

¹⁹ And, a good many of them who had practised the curious arts, bringing together the books, were burning them before all; and they reckoned up the prices of them, and found them fifty thousand pieces of silver.

²⁰ idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, divisions, parties,

¹⁵ Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.

²³ And, of no beast, shalt thou have carnal knowledge, to commit uncleanness therewith,––neither shall, a woman, present herself to a beast to couch down thereto,––confusion, it is.

²⁵ Therefore hath the land become unclean, and I have visited the iniquity thereof upon it,––and the land hath vomited her inhabitants.

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.

²¹ Cursed, be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say––Amen.

³ And Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanite into his hand, so he utterly destroyed them, and their cities,––and called the name of the place Hormah [that is, "Utter Destruction"].

² who invited the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,––so the people did eat, and did bow themselves down unto their gods. ³ Thus Israel let himself be bound unto Baal–peor, and the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel. ⁴ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Take all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh, in the face of the sun,––that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.

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.

¹ When there shall arise in thy midst––a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,––and he shall give unto thee a sign or a wonder; ² and the sign or the wonder, shall come in, whereof he spake unto thee, saying,––Let us go after other gods, which ye know not, and let us serve them, ³ thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams,––for Yahweh your God, is putting you to the proof, to know whether ye do love Yahweh your God, with all your heart and with all your soul. ⁴ After Yahweh your God, shall ye walk, And, him, shall ye revere,––And, his commandments, shall ye observe, And, unto his voice, shall ye hearken, And, him, shall ye serve, And, unto him, shall ye cleave. ⁵ And, that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken revolt against Yahweh your God,––who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants, to seduce thee out of the way wherein Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee to walk,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
⁶ When thy brother––son of thine own mother, or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,––Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; ⁷ of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee,––from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth, ⁸ thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shalt thou hearken unto him,––neither shall thine eye look with pity upon him, neither shalt thou spare––neither shalt thou conceal him; ⁹ but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,––and the hand of all the people, afterwards. ¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die,––for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. ¹¹ And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,––and shall not again do according to this wickedness, in thy midst.
¹² When thou shalt hear––in one of thy cities, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to dwell there––saying: ¹³ There have gone forth men, sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,––Let us go, and serve other gods, which ye have not known; ¹⁴ and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently,––and lo! true––certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst, ¹⁵ then shalt thou, smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword,––

² When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God, by transgressing his covenant; ³ yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them,––whether unto the sun or unto the moon, or unto any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded; ⁴ and it shall be told thee, and thou shalt hear,––and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true––certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel, ⁵ then shalt thou bring forth that man, or that woman, who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gates––the man, or the woman,––and shalt stone them with stones, that they die.

²⁰ Howbeit, the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.

¹⁵ But it shall be that, as all the good things have come unto you, which Yahweh your God spake unto you, so, will Yahweh bring upon you all the evil things, until he hath destroyed you from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you. ¹⁶ When ye transgress the covenant of Yahweh your God which he hath commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down unto them, then will the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and ye will perish quickly, from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

² I, am Yahweh thy God,––who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:––

⁹ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,––seeing that, ye yourselves, know the soul of a sojourner; for, sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.

³³ And, when there sojourneth with thee a sojourner, in your land, ye shall not oppress him:

³⁵ And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.

¹⁹ Therefore shall ye love the sojourner,––for, sojourners, became ye, in the land of Egypt.

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.

⁷ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for, thy brother, he is,––thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, for, a sojourner, becamest thou in his land;

⁶ The sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, shall not oppress, And, innocent blood, shall not shed in this place,––And, after other gods, shall not walk, to your own hurt,

³ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed, out of the hand of the oppressor,––But, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress, neither commit violence, And, the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, in this place.

¹⁰ And, the widow and the fatherless, the sojourner and the humbled, do not ye oppress,––and, wickedness between one man and another, do not ye devise in your hearts.

⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

¹⁸ executing the vindication of the orphan, and the widow,––and loving a sojourner, giving him food and raiment.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner [or] the fatherless,––neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow;

¹⁹ Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say––Amen.

⁶ The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder. ⁷ Yet have they said––Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

¹⁷ Learn to do well––Seek justice, Correct the oppressor,––Vindicate the fatherless, Plead the cause of the widow.

²³ Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards,––The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.

² Turning aside, from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people,––So that, widows, become, their spoil, And, of the fatherless, they make prey.

⁷ Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression, in the midst of thee,––The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:

²⁷ Religious observance, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is, this––to be visiting orphans and widows in their affliction, unspotted, to keep, himself, from the world.

⁹ Take thou heed to thyself, lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying––Drawing nigh, is the seventh year, the year of release, and so thine eye be, evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,––and he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it become in thee, a sin!

¹⁵ for his day, shalt thou give his hire, neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,––lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee, a sin.

³⁸ If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep; ³⁹ If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;

²⁸ Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.

⁹ By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;

¹⁷ The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear: ¹⁸ To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!

⁶ In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him––entered into his ears!

¹² I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.

¹⁹ The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfill, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners; ⁸ Yahweh, who opened [the eyes of] the blind, Yahweh, who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh, who loveth the righteous; ⁹ Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth,––but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth.

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.

¹⁰ Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter; ¹¹ For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.

⁷ And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them?

⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:

¹³ This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants––from the Almighty, he shall receive. ¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread; ¹⁵ His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;

²³ For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.

²⁴ Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them:

⁷ As for thee, to be feared thou art! Who then shall stand before thee, because of the power of thine anger?

⁶³ His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song; ⁶⁴ His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.

¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

⁹ Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;

⁸ Their widows have become multiplied to me, beyond the sand of the seas, I have brought against them––upon the mother of young men––the spoiler, in the broad noon,––I have let fall upon her, suddenly, excitement and terrors.

²¹ Therefore, give thou up their sons, to the famine, And deliver them into the hands of the sword, And let their, wives, become, childless and widows, And let, their men, be slain by death, Their young men, be smitten by the sword in battle.

³ Orphans, have we become, and fatherless, our mothers, are widows indeed.

⁶ Before his indignation, who shall stand? And who shall abide the glow of his anger? His wrath, hath been poured forth like fire, and, the rocks, have been broken down because of him.

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.

⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,–– ⁶ Who will render unto each one according to his works:–– ⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age–abiding, ⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish––against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,––

³¹ A fearful thing [it is] to fall into the hands of a Living God!

³⁵ And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee. ³⁶ Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God,––so shall thy brother live with thee. ³⁷ Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest,––neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food.

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.

⁷ Then came she in, and told the man of God, and he said––Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor,––and, thou and thy sons, shall live of the rest.

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.

⁷ So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest––every man to his brother, are ye making,––So I appointed over them a great assembly;

¹⁰ I too, then, my brethren and my young men, might be lending unto them on interest silver and corn! I pray you, let us leave off this lending on interest! ¹¹ Restore, I pray you, unto them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses,––also the hundredth of silver and corn, new wine and oil, for which ye have been lending to them.

⁵ His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age–abiding.

⁸ He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.

¹⁰ Woe to me! my mother, That thou didst bear me, A man of litigation and a man of contention to all the land,––I have not lent on interest, Nor have they lent on interest to me, Every one, hath treated me with contempt.

⁸ Upon interest, hath not put out [his money], And, increase, hath not accepted, From dishonesty, hath turned back his hand,––Justice, in truth, hath done, between man and man;

¹³ Upon interest, hath put out, And, increase, hath accepted,––And shall he, live? He shall not live, All these abominations, he hath done, He shall, surely be put to death, His blood, upon himself, shall be.

¹⁷ From dishonesty, hath turned back his hand, Neither interest nor increase, hath accepted, my regulations, hath executed, In my statutes, hath walked,––He, shall not die for the iniquity of his father, He shall, surely live.

¹² Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––Interest and increase, hast thou accepted, And thou hast overreached thy neighbour, by oppression, And, me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

²⁷ It was binding on thee, therefore, to cast my silver into the money–changers,––and, I, when I, came, might have obtained what was mine, with interest.

²³ Wherefore, then, didst thou not place my silver upon a [money–changer’s] table, and, I, when I came, with interest might have exacted it?

⁶ No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone,––for he would be taking, life, in pledge.

¹⁰ When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house, to secure his pledge: ¹¹ outside, shalt thou stand, and, the man to whom thou art lending, shall bring forth unto thee his pledge, outside. ¹² And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge: ¹³ thou shalt, restore, to him the pledge, at the going in of the sun, so shall he sleep in his own mantle, and bless thee,––and, unto thee, shall it be righteousness, before Yahweh thy God.

⁶ Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill–clad, hast thou stripped off:

³ The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;

⁹ Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;

¹⁶ Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger,––then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.

²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

⁷ And, no man, hath treated with violence, But, his debt–pledge, hath restored, Plunder, hath not seized,––His bread––to the famished, hath given, And, the naked, hath covered with clothing;

¹⁶ And, no man, hath he treated with violence, Hath, by no means withholden the pledge, And, plunder, hath not seized,––His bread––to the famished, hath given, And, the naked, hath covered with clothing;

¹⁵ The debt–pledge, the lawless man shall restore, Plunder, shall pay back, In the statutes of life, hath walked, so as not to commit perversity, He shall, surely live, he shall not die:––

⁸ And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,––and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.

²³ And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude, and lamented,––and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude. ²⁴ And God heard their groaning,––and God remembered his covenant, with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob;

²³ if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:

⁶ So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,––Yahweh, Yahweh, A GOD of compassion, and favour,––Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness:

⁹ For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.

⁶ This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard––and, out of all his distresses, saved him.

¹² Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;

¹⁵ But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

¹⁰ To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹¹ And brought forth Israel out of their midst, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

²⁰ And it shall become a sign and a witness, unto Yahweh of hosts, in the land of Egypt,––For they will make outcry unto Yahweh, because of oppressors, That he would send them a saviour––and a great one, Then will he deliver them.

¹⁷ And, he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

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.

¹⁶ And, he that contemptuously uttereth the name of Yahweh, shall be, surely put to death, all the assembly shall, surely stone, him,––as the sojourner, so the home–born, when he contemptuously uttereth the Name, he shall be put to death.

⁶ And he said unto his men––Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should do this thing unto my lord, unto the Anointed of Yahweh, to thrust forth my hand against him,––for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!

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!

⁹ But David said unto Abishai, Do not destroy him,––for who that hath thrust forth his hand against the Anointed of Yahweh, shall be guiltless?

⁶ For this cause, will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee, in time to obtain,––Surely, in the overflow of many waters, unto him, shall they not reach.

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge. ² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.] ³ Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted; ⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue. ⁵ They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.
⁶ I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all; ⁷ But indeed, like the earth–born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

¹ [David’s.]
I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:

²⁰ Even in thy thought, do not revile, the king, nor, within thy bed–chambers, revile thou the rich,––for, a bird of the heavens, might carry the voice, yea, an owner of wings, might tell the matter.

³⁴ Jesus answered them––Is it not written in your law: I, said, Ye are, gods? ³⁵ If, those, he called gods, unto whom, the word of God, came––and the Scripture cannot be broken––

³ Then, Paul, unto him, said––God is about to be smiting thee, thou whited wall! Dost, thou, then sit to judge me according to the law, and, unlawfully, orderest me to be smitten?

⁵ And Paul said––I was not aware, brethren, that he was high–priest; because it is written––Of a ruler of thy people, shalt thou not speak injuriously.

² So that, he who rangeth himself against the authority, against the arrangement of God opposeth himself, and, they who oppose, shall unto themselves a sentence of judgment receive. ³ For, they who bear rule, are not a terror unto the good work but unto the evil. Wouldst thou not be afraid of the authority? That which is good, be thou doing, and thou shall have praise of the same; 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. ⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection,––not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience; ⁶ For, because of this, are ye paying tribute also,––for, God’s ministers of state, they are, unto this very thing, giving constant attendance.
⁷ Render unto all their dues,––unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.

¹ Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared, ² To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men.

¹⁷ Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

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,

⁸ In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame.

² Hallow to me every firstborn, that which any female first beareth, among the sons of Israel, among men and among beasts,––mine, it is.

¹² that thou shalt set apart whatsoever is born first, to Yahweh; and, of all firstlings of beasts which thou shalt have, the males, shall pertain to Yahweh.

¹⁶ And the festival of harvest, with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field. And the festival of ingathering––at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours, out of the field.

¹⁹ The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.

¹⁹ Every one that is the first to be born, is mine,––and every one of thy cattle that is born a male, firstling of oxen or sheep.

² then shalt thou take––of the first of all the fruit of the soil which thou shalt bring in from thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee and shalt put it in a basket,––and go thy way unto the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. ³ And thou shalt come in unto the priest who shall be in those days,––and shalt say unto him––I declare today unto Yahweh thy God, that I am come into the land which Yahweh sware unto our fathers that he would give unto us. ⁴ Then shall the priest take the basket out of thy hand,––and set it down before the altar of Yahweh thy God. ⁵ And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy God––A Syrian ready to perish, was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous; ⁶ and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us,––and put upon us harsh service; ⁷ so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers,––and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression; ⁸ and Yahweh, brought us forth, out of Egypt, with a firm hand and with a stretched–out arm, and with great terror,––and with signs and with wonders; ⁹ and brought us into this place, and gave unto us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ Now, therefore lo! I have brought in the first of the fruit of the soil which thou hast given unto me, O Yahweh. Thus shalt thou set it down before Yahweh thy God, and shall bow thyself down before Yahweh thy God;

⁴² And, a man, came in from Baal–Shalisha, and brought for the man of God firstfruit bread, twenty barley loaves, and garden grain in the husk thereof. And he said––Give to the people, that they may eat.

⁵ And, as soon as the thing spread abroad, the sons of Israel caused to abound the firstfruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and all the increase of the field,–yea, the tithe of all––in abundance, brought they in.

⁹ Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase; ¹⁰ So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

⁴⁰ For, in my holy, mountain, In the mountain of the height of Israel, Declareth, My Lord, Yahweh, There, shall all the house of Israel, serve me, all of it, in the land, There, will I accept them, and, There, will I seek your heave–offerings, and the firstfruits of your gifts, in all your holy things:

¹ Alas for me! for I am become as gatherings of summer fruit, as gleaning–grapes in harvest, there is no cluster to eat, the first ripe fruit, my soul, craved.

³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,––and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

²³ And, not only so, but, we ourselves, also, who have the firstfruit of the Spirit––[we] even ourselves, within our own selves do sigh,––sonship ardently awaiting––the redeeming of our body; ––

¹⁸ Because he was so minded, he hath brought us forth with a word of truth, to the end we should be a sort of firstfruit of his creatures

³ And, on the eighth day, shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.

²⁷ When, a beeve or a sheep or a goat, is brought forth, then shall it be seven days under its dam,––and, from the eighth day and onwards, it shall be accepted as an oblation of an altar–flame, unto Yahweh,

¹⁹ Every firstling that is brought forth in thy herd and in thy flock, that is a male, shalt thou hallow unto Yahweh thy God,––thou shalt not work with a firstling of thine oxen, neither shalt thou shear a firstling of thy flock:

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; ⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

⁴⁴ For, I––Yahweh, am your God, therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and remain holy; for, holy, am, I,––therefore shall ye not make your persons unclean, with any creeping thing that crawleth upon the earth; ⁴⁵ for, I––Yahweh, am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your, God,––therefore shall ye be holy, for, holy, am, I.

¹⁵ And, in the case of any person who eateth that which died of itself or was torn in pieces, whether he be home–born, or a sojourner, then shall he wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening, and then be clean. ¹⁶ But, if he wash them not, and, his flesh, he do not bathe, then shall he bear his iniquity.

² Speak unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them––Holy, shall ye be,––For, holy, am, I––Yahweh––your God.

²⁵ Therefore shall ye make a distinction––Between the clean beasts, and the unclean,––And between the unclean birds, and the clean,––So shall ye not make your persons abominable with beast, or with bird or with anything which creepeth upon the ground, which I have distinguished for you, as unclean.

⁸ That which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces, shall he not eat, to make himself unclean thereby,––I, am Yahweh.

²¹ Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself; to the sojourner who is within thy gates, mayest thou give it and he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it to a foreigner, for, a holy people, art thou, unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.

³¹ Nothing that died of itself or was torn in pieces, of bird or of beast, shall be eaten, by the priests.

¹⁴ But Peter said––By no means, Lord! because, at no time, have I eaten anything common or unclean.

²⁰ but to write unto them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

¹⁵ But, according as he that hath called you is holy, do, ye yourselves, also become, holy in all manner of behaviour,–– ¹⁶ Inasmuch as it is written––Holy shall ye be, because, I, am holy.