Exodus 23 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Don't spread Don't team up with someone who's guilty to act as a
Don't follow the crowd to do wrong. When you testify in a legal case, don't go along with the majority just to
And don't to a poor person in their legal case.
If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you have to bring it back to them.
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsed under its load, don't just walk by. You have to them it on its
Don't deprive the poor among you of in their legal cases.
Stay far away from false charges. Don't put an or person to death, because I will not let the guilty go free.
Don't accept because blind people who can see clearly and twist the words of those who are in the right.
Don't oppress a You know what it feels like to be a — you were foreigners in Egypt.
For six years, plant your land and harvest its crops.
But in the seventh year, the and leave it alone. The poor among your people can eat from what grows on its own, and the wild animals can eat what's left after that. Do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.
Work for six days, but on the seventh day, This way your ox and your donkey can rest, and the son of your female servant and the foreigner among you can their
Pay attention to everything I've told you. Don't even mention the names of other gods — don't let their names be heard on your lips.
Three times a year, a to honor me.
Celebrate the of For seven days eat made without yeast, just as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of — because that's when you came out of Egypt. And no one should come before me empty-handed.
Celebrate the of with the first crops of what you've planted in your fields. And celebrate the of at the end of the year, when you bring in your crops from the fields.
Three times a year, every male among you must appear before the
Don't offer the blood of my along with anything containing yeast. And don't let the fat from my festival offering remain until morning.
Bring the very of the from your soil to the house of Yahweh your God. a in its
Look — I'm sending a ahead of you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I've prepared.
Pay close attention to and listen to what he says. Don't defy because he won't forgive your — my is in
But if you truly listen to what he says and do everything I tell you, then I'll be an enemy to your enemies and an opponent to your opponents.
My messenger will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites — and I will them out.
Don't bow down to their gods or serve them, and don't adopt their practices. Instead, tear their gods down completely and smash their to pieces.
Yahweh your God, and he'll take care of your food and water. I'll remove sickness from among you.
No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I'll give you a full lifespan.
I'll send the of me ahead of you. I'll throw every nation you encounter into confusion, and I'll make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
I'll send ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites before you get there.
I won't drive them out in a single year, or the land would become empty and the wild animals would take over.
Little by little I'll drive them out ahead of you, until you've grown enough in number to take possession of the land.
I'll set your borders from the of to the of the and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I'll hand over the people living in the land to you, and you'll drive them out ahead of you.
Don't make any with them or with their gods.
They must not remain in your land, or they'll cause you to me. If you serve their gods, it will definitely become a for you.