"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin." So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 'You shall not make anything to be with Me - gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. 'An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offering, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. 'And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. 'Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.
"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: "If you by a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. "If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. "If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. "But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' "then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. "And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. "If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. "And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. "If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights. "And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. "However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. "But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die. "And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. "He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death. "And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. "If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed, "if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay of the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed. "And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. "Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property. "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. "But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, "burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. "If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. "And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted. "But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, sot that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. "If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. "Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. "If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. "And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, "the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his. "If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide. "Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.
"if a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. "If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed. "If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. "If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double. "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. "If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. "If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor's goods.
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin." So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 'You shall not make anything to be with Me - gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. 'An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offering, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. 'And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. 'Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.
"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them: "If you by a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. "If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. "If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. "But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' "then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. "And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. "If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. "And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. "If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights. "And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. "However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. "But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die. "And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. "He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death. "And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. "If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed, "if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay of the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed. "And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. "Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property. "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. "But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, "burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. "If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. "And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted. "But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, sot that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. "If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. "Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. "If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. "And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, "the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his. "If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide. "Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.
"if a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. "If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed. "If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. "If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double. "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. "If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. "If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor's goods.
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