Regulations Regarding Justice
1 Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
1 “(A)You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.
1 "You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
2 Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
2 You shall not follow (a)the masses in doing evil, nor shall you (b)testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after (c)a multitude in order to (C)pervert justice;
2 “You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.(B)
2 You are not to follow the majority in doing wrong, and you are not to testify in a lawsuit so as to follow the majority and pervert justice.
4 If you see your enemy's cow or donkey running loose, take it back to him.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
4 “If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
4 "If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you are to certainly return it to him.
5 If your enemy's donkey falls under its load, help him get the donkey to its feet again. Do not just walk away.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
5 (F)If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.
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.(b)(C)
5 If you see your enemy's donkey lying helpless under its load, you must not abandon it; rather, you are certainly to return it to him.
7 Do not make false accusations. Do not put an innocent person to death. I will condemn anyone who does this evil thing.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
7 (H)Keep far from a false charge, and (I)do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for (J)I will not acquit the guilty.
7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.(D)
7 Stay far away from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent or the righteous, because I won't acquit the guilty.
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes the discerning blind to what is right and perverts the words of the righteous.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
8 “(K)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and (e)subverts the cause of the just.
8 You must not take a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words(c) of the righteous.
8 You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.
9 Do not mistreat a foreigner. You know how it feels to be a foreigner. After all you were foreigners in Egypt.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
9 “(L)You shall not oppress a (f)stranger, since you yourselves know the (g)feelings of a (h)stranger, for you also were (i)strangers in the land of Egypt.
9 You must not oppress a foreign resident;(F) you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
9 You are not to oppress the resident alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt."
Regulations Regarding Work And Festivals
11 Let your land rest the seventh year. Do not harvest anything that grows on it. The poor may eat what grows there. The wild animals may have what is left. Do the same with your vineyards and your olive trees.
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
11 but on the seventh year you shall let it (j)rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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.
11 but you are to let it rest the seventh year, leaving it unplanted. The poor of your people may eat from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. You are to do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.
12 Work six days a week. Do no work on the seventh day. Allow your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals to rest.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
12 “(N)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 (k)your stranger, may refresh themselves.
12 “Do your work(H) 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.
12 You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.
13 Listen to everything Jehovah has said to you. Do not pray to other gods! Do not even mention their names.
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
13 Now (O)concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and (P)do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard (l)from your mouth.
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.(d)(I)
13 "Be careful about everything I've told you, and don't mention the name of other gods. Don't let them be heard in your mouth!"
Laws For Three Festivals
15 In the month of Abib, the month in which you left Egypt, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the way that I commanded you. Do not eat any bread made with yeast during the seven days of this festival. Never come to worship me without bringing an offering.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
15 You shall observe (R)the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the (S)month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And (m)(T)none shall appear before Me empty-handed.
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,(e) because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.(K)
15 You are to 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 Abib, because in it you came out of Egypt. No one is to appear before me empty handed.
16 Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.
16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
16 Also you shall observe (U)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 (V)when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.
16 Also observe the Festival of Harvest(f) with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering(g)(L) at the end of the year, when you gather your produce(h) from the field.
16 You are to observe the Festival of Harvest, celebrating the first fruits of your work in planting the field, and the Festival of Tabernacles at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your work from the field.
17 All your males should appear before Jehovah God three times a year.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God.
17 Three times a year all your males shall appear in the presence of the Lord GOD."
18 Do not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. Do not allow the fat of my feast to remain overnight until morning.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
18 “(X)You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; (Y)nor is the fat of My (o)feast to remain overnight until morning.
18 “You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning.(M)
18 "You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, and you are not to let the fat portion of my sacrifice remain overnight until morning.
19 Bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of Jehovah your God. Do not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
19 “You shall bring (Z)the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.“(AA)You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.
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.(N)
19 "You are to bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "You are not to boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
Reasons For Loyal Obedience
20 I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
20 “Behold, I am going to send (AB)an angel before you to guard you along the way and (AC)to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
20 “I am going to send an angel(O) before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
20 "Look, I'm sending an angel in front of you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I've prepared.
21 Be on your guard before him and obey his voice. Do not be rebellious toward him. He will not pardon your transgression, since my name is in him. (He has my honor, authority and character)
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
21 Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; (AD)do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since (AE)My name is in him.
21 Be attentive to him and listen to his voice. Do not defy(i) him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in him.(P)
21 Be careful! Be sure to obey him. Don't rebel against him, because he won't forgive your transgression, since my Name is in him.
22 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.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
22 But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then (AF)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
22 But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy(Q) to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
22 Indeed, if you carefully obey him and do everything that I say, then I'll be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries,
23 My messenger will go ahead of you. I will lead you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will wipe them out.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
23 (AG)For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.
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.(R)
23 because my angel will go ahead of you and will bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I'll annihilate them.
24 Do not worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. You must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
24 (AH)You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; (AI)but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (AJ)sacred pillars in pieces.
24 You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them(j) and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.(S)
24 You are not to bow down to their gods or serve them. You are not to follow their practices, but you are to overthrow them completely and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
25 You must serve Jehovah your God! I will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
25 (AK)But you shall serve the Lord your God, (p)and He will bless your bread and your water; and (AL)I will remove sickness from your midst.
25 Worship the Lord your God, and He(k) will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.(T)
25 You are to serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your food and water, and I'll remove sickness from you.
26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
26 There shall be no one miscarrying or (AM)barren in your land; (AN)I will fulfill the number of your days.
26 No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.(U)
26 No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land, and I'll make every day of your life complete.
27 I will send my terror ahead of you and throw any nation you meet into a panic. I will make all your enemies flee from you.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
27 I will (AO)send My terror ahead of you, and (AP)throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will (AQ)make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
27 “I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror(l) and throw into confusion(V) all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.
27 "I'll go ahead of you and terrorize all the people to whom you are coming. I'll confuse your enemies and make them turn their backs on you and run away.
28 I will throw your enemies into panic! I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
28 I will send (AR)hornets ahead of you so that they will (AS)drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.
28 I will send the hornet(m)(W) in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you.
28 I'll send hornets ahead of you and they'll drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.
29 I will not drive them out within a year's time. If I did, the land would become deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
29 (AT)I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
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.
29 I won't drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you.
30 I will drive them a few at a time, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
30 I will drive them out before you (AU)little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.
30 I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous(n) and take possession of the land.
30 I'll drive them out ahead of you little by little until you increase in numbers and possess the land.
31 I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land. You will drive them out as you advance.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
31 (AV)I will fix your boundary from the (q)Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; (AW)for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will (AX)drive them out before you.
31 I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,(o) and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.(p) For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.(X)
31 "I'll set your borders from the Reed Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, bringing the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you are to drive them out ahead of you.
33 Do not allow them to live in your land for they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods it will be a snare to you.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
33 (BA)They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, (BB)it will surely be a snare to you.”
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.”(Z)
33 They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you."