Thematic Bible: Laws respecting
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
"If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.
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When you see your neighbor's ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
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Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. "No one will appear before me empty-handed.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be taken care of till its owner appeared
If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him. You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be yoked with an ox
You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » To enjoy the rest of the sabbath
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be coveted
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn
For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?
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You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » Straying to be brought back to its owner
"If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.
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When you see your neighbor's ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor. If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.
Oxen » Laws respecting » Of others not to be coveted
You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."
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"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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Oxen » Laws respecting » To rest on the sabbath
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
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but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » Not to be yoked with an ass in the same plow
You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » Fallen under its burden to be raised up again
When you see your neighbor's donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it; instead, you must be sure to help him get the animal on its feet again.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » Mode of reparation for one, killing another
If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox. Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
"If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted. But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death. If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him. read more.
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule. If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule. If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
Oxen » Laws respecting » Of others if lost or hurt through neglect, to be made good
In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says 'This belongs to me,' the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor. If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone seeing it, then there will be an oath to the Lord between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor's goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay. read more.
But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner. If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner. If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
Oxen » Laws respecting » Fat of, not to be eaten
"Tell the Israelites, 'You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat.
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Oxen » Laws respecting » If stolen to be restored double
If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To participate in the rejoicings of the people
Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.
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You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
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You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the gleaning of the harvest
You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
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When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'"
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Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. read more.
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might offer their burnt-offerings on the altar of God
"You are to say to them: 'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
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"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering,
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If a resident foreigner is living with you -- or whoever is among you in future generations -- and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he must do it the same way you are to do it.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to work on the sabbath
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.
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For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
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but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to be vexed or oppressed
"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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"You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have justice done to them in all disputes
I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner.
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You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To be loved
So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the law read to them
Gather the people -- men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages -- so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.
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There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses. All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. read more.
Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.
Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Might purchase hebrew servants subject to release
"'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family, after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might purchase and have them as slaves
"'As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you -- you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you. Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to eat blood
"'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life. Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to be chosen as kings in israel
you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king -- you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Allowed to eat what died of itself
You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » The jews might take usury from
You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to eat the passover while uncircumcised
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it. But everyone's servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To be relieved in distress
"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Subject to the civil law
There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'"
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to blaspheme God
and one who misuses the name of the Lord must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to practice idolatrous rites
"You are to say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.
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Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To enjoy the benefit of the cities of refuge
These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
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When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest.
That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest -- a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away
When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit
Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be planted with different kinds of seed
You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year
Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, to be holy to the lord in the fourth year
In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years
"'When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to
"If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To have a share of the triennial tithe
At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.
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When you finish tithing all your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. Then you shall say before the Lord your God, "I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
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You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
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"You must not afflict any widow or orphan.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law. Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors
You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards
Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When daughters of priests and childless, to partake of the holy things
but if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father's house as in her youth, she may eat from her father's food, but no lay person may eat it.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to intermarry with priests
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Bound to perform their vows
"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
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