“You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be cleared [of responsibility].

But if the ox has tried to gore on a previous occasion, and its owner has been warned, but has not kept it confined and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner shall be put to death as well.

If the ox has gored another’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

If the ox gores a male or a female servant, the owner shall give to the servant’s master thirty shekels of silver [the purchase price for a slave], and the ox shall be stoned.

“If a man leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

“If one man’s ox injures another’s so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the proceeds equally; they shall also divide the dead ox [between them].

Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, and its owner has not kept it confined, he must make restitution of ox for ox, and the dead [animal] shall be his.

“If a man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall make restitution of five oxen for an ox or four sheep for a sheep.

If the animal that he stole is found alive in his possession, whether it is ox or donkey or sheep, he shall pay double [for it].

For every offense involving property, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any piece of lost property, which another identifies as his, the case of both parties shall come before the judges [who act in God’s name]. Whomever the judges pronounce guilty shall pay double to his neighbor.

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any [other] animal to keep [for him], and it dies or is injured or taken away while no one is looking,

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.

“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood,

“They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

You shall make [carrying] poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold,

“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

“Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright [as a trellis-like frame].

“Then you shall make [fifteen] bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

You shall hang it on four pillars (support poles) of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, on four silver sockets.

You shall make five pillars (support poles) of acacia wood to support the hanging curtain and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five [base] sockets of bronze for them.

“And you shall make the altar [for burnt offerings] of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

You shall make [carrying] poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, overlaid with bronze.

“You shall make an altar upon which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood overlaid with gold.

“All the firstborn males among your livestock belong to Me, whether cattle or sheep.

and rams’ skins dyed red, and skins of porpoises, and acacia wood,

Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s offering; every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.

Bezalel made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle.

Bezalel made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

For the veil (partition curtain) he made four support poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were gold, and he cast for them four silver sockets.

Bezalel made the ark [of the covenant] of acacia wood—it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

He made carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Bezalel made the table [for the bread] of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

Bezalel made the carrying poles of acacia wood to carry the table and overlaid them with gold.

Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were of one piece with it.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

Then Bezalel made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; its top was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.