Jethro counselleth Moses. k EXODUS, XIX. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, | who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is 'greater than all gods: m for in the thing wherein they dealt "proudly he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law • before God. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, ¶ that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: 5 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 6 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 8 The people come to Sinai. way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses unto the people from the mount, and their answer in return. 10 The people are to be prepared against the third day. 12 The mountain not to be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. [B. C. 1491.] IN the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. a 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, x Num. 27. 5. y Deut. 4. 1, 5. & 5. 1. & 6. 1, 2. & 7. 11. z Ps. 143. 8. b ver. 25. Deut. 1. 15, 16. & 16. 18. 2 Chr, 19, 5-10, Acts 2 Sam. 23. 3. 2 Chr. 19. 9. d Ez. 18. 8. e Deut. g ver. 26. Lev. 24. 11. Num. 15. 33. & 27. 2. & 36. 1. h Num. 11. 17. i ver. 18. k Gen. 18. 33. & 30, 25. CHAP. XIX.-a Num. 33, 15. b ch. 17. 1, 8. m ver. 22. n Job 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, P that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: "whosoever e ch. 3. 4. c ch. 3. 1, 12, d ch. 20. 21. Acts 7. 38. f Deut. 29. 2. z Deut. 32. 11. Is. 63. 9. h Deut. 5. 2. i Deut. 4. 20. & 7. 6. & 14. 2, 21. $28, 18, & 32. 8, 9. 1 Kings 8. 53. Ps. 135. 4. Is. 41. 8. & 43. 1. Jer. 10. 16. Mal 3. 17. k ch. 9. 29. Deut. 10. 14. Job 41. 11. Ps. 24. 1. 1 Cor. 10. 26. 1 Deut. 33. 3. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9. Rev. 1. 6. m Lev. 20. 26. Deut. 7. 6. & 26. 19. & 8. 9. Is. 62. 12. 1 Cor. 3. 17. 1 Thess. 5. 27. n ch. 24. 3, 7. Deut. 3. Z. o ch. 20. 21. & 24, 15, 16. Deut. 4. 11. Ps. 97. 2. p Deut. 4. 12, 36. John 12. 29, 30. q ch. 14. 31. r Lev. 11. 44, 45. Heb. 10. 22. 8 ver. 14. Gen. 35. 2. Lev. 15. 5. t ver. 16, 18. ch. 34. 5. Deut. 33. 2. u Heb. God's fearful presence. toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 1 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. a 15 And he said unto the people, "Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were 'thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. e 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: 'and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 1 k 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, m Moses spake, and "God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 2 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, Psanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for 12. 20. 1 Or, cornet. x ver. 16, 19. f Deut. 4. 10. g Deut. 4. 11. & 33. 2. e 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, "visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And 'showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. CHAP. XX.-a Deut. 5. 22. c ch. 13. 3. 1 Heb. servants. b Lev. 26. 1, 13. Deut. 5. 6. Ps. 81. 10. d Deut. 5. 7. 2 Kings 17. 35. Jer. 25. 6. e Lev. 26. 1. Deut. 4. 16. & 5. 8. & 27. 15. f ch. 23. 24. Josh. 23. 7. 2 Kings 17. 35. Is. 44. 15, 19. g ch. 34. 14. Deut. 4. 24. Josh. 24. 19. Nah. 1. 2. h ch. 34. 7. Lev. 20. 5. & 26. 39. 40. Num. 14. 18. 1 Kings 21, 29. Job 21. 19. Is. 65. 6, 7. Jer. 32. 18. i ch. 34. 7. Deut. 7. 9. Ps. 89. 34. Rom. 11. 28. k ch. 23. 1. Lev. 19. 12. Deut. 5. 11. 1 Mic. 6. 11. m ch. 31. 13. 14. Lev. 19. 3, 30. & 26. 2. Deut. 5. 12. n ch. 23. 12. & 31. 15. & 34. 21. Lev. 23. 3. Ez. 20. 12. Luke 13. 14. o Gen. 2. 2, 3. ch. 16. 26. p Neh. The people are afraid. of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. h 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of 13, 16, 17, 18, 19. q Gen. 2. 2. Jer. 35. 7, 18. Matt. 15. 4. Mark 7. 10. 5. 17. Matt. 5. 21. t Deut. 5. 18. 5. 19. Matt. 19. 18. Rom. 13. 9. x Deut. 5. 21. Mic. 2. 2. Hab. 2. 9. Eph. 5. 3, 5. Heb. 13. 5. y Prov. 6. 29. Jer. 5. 8. Matt. 5. 28. z Hleb. 12. 18. a Rev. 1. 10. b ch. 19. 18. c Deut. 5. 27. & 18. 16. Heb. 12. 19. d Deut. 5. 25. e 1 Sam. 12. 20. Is. 41. 10. f Deut. 13. 3. g Deut. 4. 10. & 6. 2. r ch. 23. 26. Lev. 19. 3. Deut. 5. 16. Luke 18. 20. Eph. 6. 2. s Deut. Matt. 5. 27. u Lev. 19. 11. Deut. w ch. 23. 1. Deut. 5. 20. Matt. 19. 18. Luke 12. 15. Acts 20. 33. Rom. 7. 7. & 10. 12. & 28. 58. Prov. 3. 7. & 16. 6. Is. 8. 13. h ch. 19. 16. 1 Kings S. 12. i Deut. 4. 36. Neh. 9. 13. k ch. 32. 1, 2, 4. 1 Sam. 5. 4, 5. 2 Kings 17. 33. Ez. 43. 8. Zeph. 1. 5. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Las and ordinances. EXODUS, XXI. Laws and ordinances. silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods | hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he of gold. let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 24¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, 'thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all "places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will " bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. CHAPTER XXI. Laws for menservants; 5 for the servant whose ear is bored; 7 for womenservants; 12 for manslaughter; 16 for stealers of men: 17 for cursers of parents; 18 for smiters; 22 for a hurt by chance; 28 for an ox that goreth; 33 and for him that is an occasion of harm. [B. c. 1491.] Now these are the judgments which thou shaltset before them. 2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in 'by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 2 5 © And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shallbore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. Heb. build them with hewing. CHAP. XXL-a ch. 24. 3, 4. Deut. 15. 12. Jer. 34. 14. Heb. aaying shall say. 5.5. g ver. 2, 3. d ch. 12. 12. & 22. 8, 28. Heb. be evil in the eyes of, dc. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then "I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come "presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and q selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. t r 17 ¶ And he that 'curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 5 18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed, 6 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 7 20 ¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for " he is his money. u 22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, i Gen. 9. 6. Lev. 24. 17. Num. 35. 30, 31. Matt. 26. 52. k Num 35. 22. Deut. 19. 4, 5. 11 Sam. 24. 4, 10, 18. m Num. 35. 11. Deut. 19. 5. Josh. 20. 2. n Num. 15. 30. & 35. 20. Deut. 19. 11, 12. Heb. 10. 26. 01 Kings 2. 28-34. 2 Kings 11. 15. p Deut. 24. 7. q Gen. 37. 28. r ch. 22. 4. 8 Lev. 20. 9. Prov. 20. 20. Matt. 15. 4. Mark 7. 10. • Or, revileth. 301. his neighbour. t 2 Sam. 3. 29. Heb. arenged, Gen. 4. 15, 24. Rom. 13. 4. Heb. his ceasing. u Lev. 25. 45, 46. y 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. a 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. b C Laws and ordinances. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in, he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. CHAPTER XXII. Laws concerning theft; 5 damage; 7 trespasses; 14 borrowing, 16 fornication; 18 witchcraft; 19 bestiality; 20 idolatry; 21 strangers, widows, and the fatherless; 25 usury; 26 pledges : 28 reverence to magistrates; 29 and the firstfruits. [B. c. 1491.] a [F F a man shall steal an ox, or a 'sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. ་ 7¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 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 CHAP. XXII.-1 Or. goat. a 2 Sam. 12. 6. b Matt. 24. 43. c Num. 35. 27. d ch. 21. 2. Prov. 6. 31. Luke 19. 8. e ch. 21. 16. g ver. 4. h ch. 21. 6. & ver. 28. i Deut. 25 1. See Prov. 6, 31. f See ver. 1, 7. 2 Chr. 19. 10. |