Exo Exodus, chapter Book of Exodus, chapter 23
Various Laws
“You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness. Lev 19:11You shall not follow 23:2 Lit manythe crowd in doing evil, nor shall you 23:2 Or answertestify in a dispute so as to join together with 23:2 Lit manya crowd in order to pervert justice; nor shall you 23:3 Lit honorshow favor to a poor person in his dispute.Lev 19:15
“If you encounter your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you must return it to him. Deu 22:1If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave it helpless for 23:5 Lit himits owner; you must arrange the load with him.Luk 14:5
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. Deu 16:19; Isa 10:1Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and 23:8 Or distorts the wordssubverts the cause of the just.Deu 16:19
“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the 23:9 Lit soulfeelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.Deu 10:19; Gen 46:5; Exo 22:21
The Sabbath and the Land
“Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield, Lev 25:3but in the seventh year you shall let it 23:11 Lit droprest and lie uncultivated, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the animal of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
“For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as the stranger residing with you, may refresh themselves. Exo 20:9; Lev 23:3Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be careful; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard 23:13 Lit onfrom your mouth.Deu 27:1; Exo 20:3; Jos 23:7
Three National Feasts
“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in 23:15 Lit itthat month you came out of Egypt. And 23:15 Lit they shall notno one is to appear before Me empty-handed. Exo 13:3Also you shall keep the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. Lev 23:34Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord 23:17 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod.Exo 34:23; Deu 16:16
“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My 23:18 Or festivalfeast to remain overnight until morning.
“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.
“You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.Exo 34:26; Deu 14:21
Conquest of the Land
“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Exo 13:21; Exo 14:19Be attentive to him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your rebellion, since My name is in him. Isa 63:10; Jer 23:6; Jhn 10:30But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Deu 18:15; Gen 12:3For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. Exo 33:2; Deu 7:1; Jos 24:11You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their memorial stones in pieces. Exo 20:5; Gen 35:2And you shall serve the Lord your God, 23:25 Or that He may blessand He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. Mat 6:33; Exo 15:26There will be no one miscarrying or unable to have children in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. Deu 7:14I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. Gen 35:5And I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you. Deu 7:20; Jos 24:12I will not drive them out from you in a single year, so that the land will not become desolate and the animals of the field become too numerous for you. I will drive them out from you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land. I will set your boundary from the 23:31 Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River; for I will hand over the inhabitants of the land to you, and you will drive them out from you. Gen 15:18; Gen 28:14; Num 34:2You shall 23:32 Lit cutmake no covenant with them or with their gods. Exo 34:15; Deu 7:2They shall not live in your land, otherwise they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it is certain to be a snare to you.”Exo 34:12