"He that smiteth a man that he die, shall be slain for it.

But if he did not lie in wait {and it was an accident}, I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

But if a man acts intentionally against another and kills him by [design through] treachery, you are to take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], so that he may be put to death.

And he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die for it.

"He that stealeth a man and selleth him, if it be proved upon him, shall be slain for it.

And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.

and the injured person then gets up and walks around outside with the help of his staff, the one who struck him is not liable, except that he is to compensate him for his loss of time and take care of his complete recovery.

Only, if he continue to live a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

If there is harm, then you are to require life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.

If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his tooth.

If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.

If a fine is imposed on him, he may pay all that was imposed on him as a ransom for his life.

the owner of the pit will pay restitution; he will pay silver to its owner, but the dead [animal] will be for him.

And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

But if it was known that the ox had gored previously, and its owner didn't restrain it, he shall certainly repay ox for ox, and the dead ox will become his."

"If a man steals an ox or sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he is to repay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.

but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft.

If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

“When a fire gets out of control, spreads to thornbushes, and consumes stacks of cut grain, standing grain, or a field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution for what was burned.

"When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it's stolen from the neighbor's house, the thief, if found, is to repay double.

For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

"When a man gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to his neighbor for safe keeping, and it dies or is injured or is driven away when no one is looking,

If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

If it was torn to pieces, let the neighbor bring the remains as evidence, and he is not to make restitution for what was torn apart.

If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.

"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay an amount equal to the bride price for virgins.

Whosoever lieth with a beast, shall be slain for it.

“Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the Lord alone, is to be set apart for destruction.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

for it's his only covering; it's his outer garment, for what else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I'll hear him, for I am gracious.

You are to do the same with your oxen and your sheep. They shall be with their mother for seven days and then on the eighth day you are to give them to me.

"You are to be people set apart for me. You are not to eat flesh torn apart in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs."

You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].

If thou shalt see the ass of him hating thee, lying down under his load, and thou didst desist from cutting loose for him, releasing, thou shall release with him.

"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.

Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

"You are to sow your land and gather its crops for six years,

But the seventh you will let it rest and leave it fallow, and the poor of your people will eat, and their remainder the animals of the field will eat. You will do likewise for your vineyard and for your olive trees.

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.

" 'Three times in the year you will hold a festival for me

You will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you at [the] appointed time, the month of Abib, because in it you came out from Egypt, and {no one will} appear before me empty-handed.

See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, because he will not forgive your transgression, for my name is in him

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

Thou shalt not worship to their gods, and thou shalt not serve them, and thou shalt not do according to their works: for destroying, thou shalt destroy them, and breaking, thou shalt break in pieces their pillars.

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

They will not live in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me when you serve their gods, for it will be a snare to you.'"

And Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and he rose early in the morning, and he built an altar at the base of the mountain and [set up] twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord.

And they saw the God of Israel, and [what was] under his feet [was] like sapphire tile work and like the very heavens for clearness.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.

And to the elders he said, "Wait for us here until we return to you. And look, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever {has a dispute} will bring [it] to you."

And the glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it [for] six days, and he called to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.

"Tell the Israelis to take an offering for me, and you are to accept my offering from every person whose heart moves him to give.

oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece.

And make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell in the midst of them,

This is how you are to make it: according to all that I'm showing you, according to the pattern for the tent and the pattern for all its furnishings."

Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

I'll meet with you there, and I'll tell you all my commandments for the Israelis from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony."

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

And you will overlay it [with] pure gold, and you will make for it a gold molding all around.

Make a three-inch frame all around it and make a gold molding for it all around its frame.

Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.

You are also to make its plates and cups, as well as its pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a calyx must be under the first pair of branches from it, a calyx under the second pair of branches from it, and a calyx under the third pair of branches from it.

"You are to make seven lamps for it, and its lamps are to be mounted so as to give light in front of it.

And the instruments and trays for use with it are all to be of the best gold.

It shall be made from a talent (50-80 lbs.) of pure gold, including all these utensils.

Now see that you make them according to the pattern for them which you are being shown on the mountain."

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

The length of the one curtain [will be] twenty-eight cubits, and the width [will be] four cubits [for] the one curtain; one measure [will be] for all the curtains.

“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make 11 of these curtains.

The length of the one curtain [will be] thirty cubits, and the width [will be] four cubits [for] the one curtain; one measure [will be] for [the] eleven curtains.

As for the flap that is left over from the tent curtains, the leftover half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

And a cubit from this, and the cubit from this, in the remainder in the length of the curtains of the tent; it shall be spread upon the sides of the tent from this, and from this, for its covering.

Make a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of manatee skins on top of that.

“You are to make upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Each plank must be connected together with two tenons. Do the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.

Make the planks for the tabernacle as follows: 20 planks for the south side,

and make 40 silver bases under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under the next plank for its two tenons;

20 planks for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side,