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1. "You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.
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1. Thou shalt not H3808 raise H5375 a false H7723 report H8088 : put H7896 not H408 thine hand H3027 with H5973 the wicked H7563 to be H1961 an unrighteous H2555 witness H5707 .
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2. "You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.
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2. Thou shalt not H3808 follow H1961 H310 a multitude H7227 to do evil H7451 ; neither H3808 shalt thou speak H6030 in H5921 a cause H7379 to decline H5186 after H310 many H7227 to wrest H5186 judgment :
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3. Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.
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3. Neither H3808 shalt thou countenance H1921 a poor man H1800 in his cause H7379 .
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4. "If you come across your enemy's stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
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4. If H3588 thou meet H6293 thine enemy H341 's ox H7794 or H176 his ass H2543 going astray H8582 , thou shalt surely bring it back to him again H7725 H7725 .
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5. "If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.
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5. If H3588 thou see H7200 the ass H2543 of him that hateth H8130 thee lying H7257 under H8478 his burden H4853 , and wouldest forbear H2308 to help H4480 H5800 him , thou shalt surely help H5800 H5800 with H5973 him.
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6. "You must not deny justice to the poor among you in his lawsuit.
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6. Thou shalt not H3808 wrest H5186 the judgment H4941 of thy poor H34 in his cause H7379 .
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7. Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.
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7. Keep thee far H7368 from a false matter H4480 H1697 H8267 ; and the innocent H5355 and righteous H6662 slay H2026 thou not H408 : for H3588 I will not H3808 justify H6663 the wicked H7563 .
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8. You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
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8. And thou shalt take H3947 no H3808 gift H7810 : for H3588 the gift H7810 blindeth H5786 the wise H6493 , and perverteth H5557 the words H1697 of the righteous H6662 .
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9. You must not oppress a foreign resident; you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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9. Also thou shalt not H3808 oppress H3905 a stranger H1616 : for ye H859 know H3045 H853 the heart H5315 of a stranger H1616 , seeing H3588 ye were H1961 strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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10. "Sow your land for six years and gather its produce.
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10. And six H8337 years H8141 thou shalt sow H2232 H853 thy land H776 , and shalt gather in H622 H853 the fruits H8393 thereof:
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11. But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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11. But the seventh H7637 year thou shalt let it rest H8058 and lie still H5203 ; that the poor H34 of thy people H5971 may eat H398 : and what they leave H3499 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 shall eat H398 . In like manner H3651 thou shalt deal H6213 with thy vineyard H3754 , and with thy oliveyard H2132 .
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12. "Do your work for six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the foreign resident may be refreshed.
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12. Six H8337 days H3117 thou shalt do H6213 thy work H4639 , and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 thou shalt rest H7673 : that H4616 thine ox H7794 and thine ass H2543 may rest H5117 , and the son H1121 of thy handmaid H519 , and the stranger H1616 , may be refreshed H5314 .
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13. "Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
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13. And in all H3605 things that H834 I have said H559 unto H413 you be circumspect H8104 : and make no mention H2142 H3808 of the name H8034 of other H312 gods H430 , neither H3808 let it be heard H8085 out of H5921 thy mouth H6310 .
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14. "Celebrate a festival in My honor three times a year.
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14. Three H7969 times H7272 thou shalt keep a feast H2287 unto me in the year H8141 .
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15. Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.
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15. Thou shalt keep H8104 H853 the feast H2282 of unleavened bread H4682 : (thou shalt eat H398 unleavened bread H4682 seven H7651 days H3117 , as H834 I commanded H6680 thee , in the time appointed H4150 of the month H2320 Abib H24 ; for H3588 in it thou camest out H3318 from Egypt H4480 H4714 : and none H3808 shall appear H7200 before H6440 me empty H7387 :)
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16. Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
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16. And the feast H2282 of harvest H7105 , the firstfruits H1061 of thy labors H4639 , which H834 thou hast sown H2232 in the field H7704 : and the feast H2282 of ingathering H614 , which is in the end H3318 of the year H8141 , when thou hast gathered in H622 H853 thy labors H4639 out of H4480 the field H7704 .
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17. Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God.
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17. Three H7969 times H6471 in the year H8141 all H3605 thy males H2138 shall appear H7200 before H413 H6440 the Lord H113 GOD H3068 .
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18. "You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning.
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18. Thou shalt not H3808 offer H2076 the blood H1818 of my sacrifice H2077 with H5921 leavened bread H2557 ; neither H3808 shall the fat H2459 of my sacrifice H2282 remain H3885 until H5704 the morning H1242 .
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19. "Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the LORD your God. "You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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19. The first H7225 of the firstfruits H1061 of thy land H127 thou shalt bring H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 . Thou shalt not H3808 seethe H1310 a kid H1423 in his mother H517 's milk H2461 .
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20. "I am going to send an Angel before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
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20. Behold H2009 , I H595 send H7971 an Angel H4397 before H6440 thee , to keep H8104 thee in the way H1870 , and to bring H935 thee into H413 the place H4725 which H834 I have prepared H3559 .
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21. Be attentive to Him and listen to His voice. Do not defy Him, because He will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in Him.
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21. Beware H8104 of H4480 H6440 him , and obey H8085 his voice H6963 , provoke H4843 him not H408 ; for H3588 he will not H3808 pardon H5375 your transgressions H6588 : for H3588 my name H8034 is in H7130 him.
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22. But if you will carefully obey Him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
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22. But H3588 if H518 thou shalt indeed obey H8085 H8085 his voice H6963 , and do H6213 all H3605 that H834 I speak H1696 ; then I will be an enemy H340 H853 unto thine enemies H341 , and an adversary H6696 H853 unto thine adversaries H6887 .
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23. For My Angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
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23. For H3588 mine Angel H4397 shall go H1980 before H6440 thee , and bring thee in H935 unto H413 the Amorites H567 , and the Hittites H2850 , and the Perizzites H6522 , and the Canaanites H3669 , the Hivites H2340 , and the Jebusites H2983 : and I will cut them off H3582 .
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24. You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
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24. Thou shalt not H3808 bow down H7812 to their gods H430 , nor H3808 serve H5647 them, nor H3808 do H6213 after their works H4639 : but H3588 thou shalt utterly overthrow H2040 H2040 them , and quite break down H7665 H7665 their images H4676 .
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25. Worship the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. I will take away your illnesses.
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25. And ye shall serve H5647 H853 the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and he shall bless H1288 H853 thy bread H3899 , and thy water H4325 ; and I will take sickness away H5493 H4245 from the midst H4480 H7130 of thee.
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26. No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.
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26. There shall nothing H3808 cast their young H1961 H7921 , nor be barren H6135 , in thy land H776 : H853 the number H4557 of thy days H3117 I will fulfill H4390 .
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27. "I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror and throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.
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27. I will send H7971 H853 my fear H367 before H6440 thee , and will destroy H2000 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 to whom H834 thou shalt come H935 , and I will make H5414 H853 all H3605 thine enemies H341 turn their backs H6203 unto H413 thee.
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28. I will send the hornet in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you.
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28. And I will send H7971 H853 hornets H6880 before H6440 thee , which shall drive out H1644 H853 the Hivite H2340 , H853 the Canaanite H3669 , and the Hittite H2850 , from before H4480 H6440 thee.
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29. I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.
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29. I will not H3808 drive them out H1644 from before H4480 H6440 thee in one H259 year H8141 ; lest H6435 the land H776 become H1961 desolate H8077 , and the beast H2416 of the field H7704 multiply H7227 against H5921 thee.
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30. I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous and take possession of the land.
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30. By little H4592 and little H4592 I will drive them out H1644 from before H4480 H6440 thee, until H5704 H834 thou be increased H6509 , and inherit H5157 H853 the land H776 .
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31. I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
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31. And I will set H7896 H853 thy bounds H1366 from the Red sea H4480 H3220 H5488 even unto H5704 the sea H3220 of the Philistines H6430 , and from the desert H4480 H4057 unto H5704 the river H5104 : for H3588 I will deliver H5414 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 into your hand H3027 ; and thou shalt drive them out H1644 before H4480 H6440 thee.
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32. You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.
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32. Thou shalt make H3772 no H3808 covenant H1285 with them , nor with their gods H430 .
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33. They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me. If you worship their gods, it will be a snare for you."
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33. They shall not H3808 dwell H3427 in thy land H776 , lest H6435 they make thee sin H2398 H853 against me: for H3588 if thou serve H5647 H853 their gods H430 , it will surely H3588 be H1961 a snare H4170 unto thee.
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