Exodus 22 Cross References - MSTC

¹ If a man steal an ox or 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 except the su be up when he is found, then there shall be blood shed for him. A thief shall make restitution: If he have not wherewith, he shall be sold for his theft. ⁴ If the theft be found in his hand alive — whether it be ox, ass or sheep — he shall restore double. ⁵ If a man do hurt field or vineyard, so that he put in his beast to 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 the thorns, so that the stacks of corn or the standing corn or field be consumed therewith: he that kindled the fire shall make restitution. ⁷ If a man deliver his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief be found, he shall pay double. ⁸ If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the house shall be brought unto the judges and swear, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good. ⁹ And in all manner of trespass, whether it be ox, ass, sheep, raiment or any manner lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. And whom the judges condemn: the same shall pay double unto his neighbor. ¹⁰ If a man deliver unto his neighbor to keep ass, ox, sheep or whatsoever beast it be and it die, or be hurt or driven away, and no man see it: ¹¹ then shall an oath of the LORD go between them, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good, and the owner of it shall take the oath, and the other shall not make it good. ¹² If it be stolen from him, then he shall make restitution unto the owner: ¹³ If it be torn with wild beasts, then let him bring record of the tearing: and he shall not make it good. ¹⁴ When a man borroweth ought of his neighbor if it be hurt or else die, and if the owner thereof be not by, he shall make it good: ¹⁵ If the owner thereof be by, he shall not make it good, namely if it be a hired thing and came for hire. ¹⁶ "If a man beguile a maid that is not betrothed and lie with her, he shall endote her and take her to his wife: ¹⁷ If her father refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. ¹⁸ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. ¹⁹ Whosoever lieth with a beast, shall be slain for it. ²⁰ He that offereth unto any gods save unto the LORD only, let him die without redemption. ²¹ Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²² Ye shall trouble no widow nor fatherless child: ²³ If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry; ²⁴ and then will my wrath wax hot and I will kill you with sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. ²⁵ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be as an usurer unto him, neither shalt oppress him with usury. ²⁶ If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down. ²⁷ For that is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am merciful. ²⁸ "Thou shalt not rail upon the judges, neither curse the ruler of thy people. ²⁹ Thy fruits, whether they be dry or moist, see thou keep not back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me: ³⁰ likewise shalt thou do of thine oxen and of thy sheep. Seven days it shall be with the dam, and the eighth day thou shalt give it me. ³¹ Ye shall be holy people unto me, and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. But shall cast it to dogs."

¹ And the LORD talked with Moses, saying, ² "When a soul sinneth and trespasseth against the LORD, and denied unto his neighbour that which was taken him to keep, or that was put under his hand, or that which he hath violently taken away, or that which he hath deceived his neighbour of with subtlety, ³ or hath found that which was lost and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, in whatsoever thing it be that a man doth and sinneth therein; ⁴ Then when he hath sinned or trespassed, he shall restore again that he took violently away, or the wrong which he did, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, ⁵ or whatsoever it be about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall restore it again in the whole sum, and shall add the fifth part more thereto and give it unto him to whom it pertaineth, the same day that he offereth for his trespass, ⁶ and shall bring for his trespass offering unto the LORD: a ram without blemish out of the flock, that is esteemed worth a trespass offering unto the priest.

⁷ then they shall knowledge their sins which they have done, and restore again the hurt that they have done in the whole, and put the fifth part of it more thereto, and give it unto him whom he hath trespassed against.

⁶ and shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."

³¹ But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house.

⁴ Where no oxen are, there the crib is empty; but where the oxen labour there is much fruit.

⁸ And Zacchaeus stood forth and said unto the Lord, "Behold Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have done any man wrong, I will restore him four fold."

²⁷ if the blood avenger find him without the borders of his free town, he shall slay the murderer and be guiltless,

¹⁴ Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.

⁵ And when they were driven forth, men cried after them, as it had been after a thief.

¹ When I undertake to make Israel whole, then the ungraciousness of Ephraim and the wickedness of Samaria cometh to light: then go they about with lies. At home, they be thieves: and without they fall to robbing.

⁹ They shall come into the city, and run upon the walls; They shall climb up upon the houses, and slip in at the windows like a thief.

¹⁹ "See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰ But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal.

⁴³ Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up.

² for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come even as a thief in the night.

² If thou buy a servant that is an Hebrew, sixth years he shall serve, and the seventh he shall go out free paying nothing.

¹⁴ Wherefore the LORD waxed angry with Israel, and delivered them unto the hands of raveners to spoil them and sold them into the hands of their enemies round about them, so that they had no power any longer to stand before their enemies.

⁷ And the LORD was wroth with Israel, and sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon:

¹ Thus sayeth the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, that I sent unto her? Or who is the usurer, to whom I sold you? Behold, for your own offenses are ye sold: and because of your transgression, is your mother forsaken.

²⁵ Whom, because he had nought to pay, his Master commanded him to be sold: and his wife, and his children, and all that he had; and payment to be made.

¹⁶ "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, if it be proved upon him, shall be slain for it.

¹ If a man steal an ox or sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

⁷ If a man deliver his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief be found, he shall pay double.

⁹ And in all manner of trespass, whether it be ox, ass, sheep, raiment or any manner lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. And whom the judges condemn: the same shall pay double unto his neighbor.

² Comfort Jerusalem, and tell her that her travail is at an end, that her offense is pardoned, that she hath received of the LORD's hand sufficient correction for all her sins.

¹⁸ But first will I sufficiently reward their shameful blasphemies and sins, wherewith they have defiled my land: Namely, with their stinking Idols and abominations, wherewith they have filled mine heritage."

⁶ Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she filled unto you.

³⁴ the owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto their master, and the dead beast shall be his.

³ except the su be up when he is found, then there shall be blood shed for him. A thief shall make restitution: If he have not wherewith, he shall be sold for his theft.

¹² If it be stolen from him, then he shall make restitution unto the owner:

¹⁸ But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.

³³ "If a man open a well or dig a pit and cover it not, but that an ox or an ass fall therein, ³⁴ the owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto their master, and the dead beast shall be his.

⁴ And Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and fastened tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. ⁵ And he set the firebrands on fire, and put them into the corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reaped corn and also the standing, with vine and olives.

³⁰ Then he said unto his servants, "Behold, Joab hath a parcel of land fast by mine, and hath barley therein. Go and set it on fire." And Absalom's servants went and set it on fire. ³¹ Then Joab arose and came to Absalom unto his house and said unto him, "Wherefore have thy servants burned my field with fire?"

⁴ If the theft be found in his hand alive — whether it be ox, ass or sheep — he shall restore double.

³⁰ Men do not utterly despise a thief, that stealeth to satisfy his soul, when he is hungry: ³¹ But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house.

²⁶ Like as a thief that is taken with the deed cometh to shame, even so is the house of Israel come to confusion: the common people, their kings and rulers, their priests and prophets.

⁶ This said he, not that he cared for the poor: but because he was a thief, and kept the bag, and bare that which was given.

¹⁰ neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

⁶ Then let his master bring him unto the judges and set him to the door or the doorpost, and bore his ear through with an awl, and let him be his servant forever.

²⁸ "Thou shalt not rail upon the judges, neither curse the ruler of thy people.

¹⁸ Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously.

⁸ If a matter be too hard for thee in judgment between blood and blood, plea and plea, stroke and stroke in matters of strife within thy cities: Then arise and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen, ⁹ and go unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and ask, and they shall show thee how to judge.

¹⁷ then let both the men which strive together stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days, ¹⁸ and let the judges enquire a good. And if the witness be found false and that he hath given false witness against his brother,

⁴ Of which twenty four thousand were set to further the work of the house of the LORD. And six thousand were officers and judges.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

²¹ Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten. ²² And let them judge the people at all seasons: If there be any great matter, let them bring that unto thee, and let them judge all small causes them selves, and ease thyself, and let them bear with thee.

⁷ If a man deliver his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief be found, he shall pay double. ⁸ If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the house shall be brought unto the judges and swear, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good.

⁶ Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit. ⁷ "Keep thee far from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not; for I will not justify the wicked. ⁸ Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous.

⁶ "Speak unto the children of Israel, whether it be man or woman, 'When they have sinned any manner of sin which a man doeth wherewith a man trespasseth against the LORD, so that the soul hath done amiss: ⁷ then they shall knowledge their sins which they have done, and restore again the hurt that they have done in the whole, and put the fifth part of it more thereto, and give it unto him whom he hath trespassed against.

¹⁸ Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously. ¹⁹ Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.

¹ When there is strife between men, let them come unto the law, and let the judges justify the righteous and condemn the trespasser.

³¹ And if any man trespass against his neighbour, and his neighbour take an adjuration to adjure him withal, and the adjuration come before thine altar at this house,

¹⁰ And whatsoever come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, law, commandment, ordinances and customs: see that ye warn them, that they trespass not against the LORD; lest wrath come upon you and on your brethren. Thus do and ye shall not offend.

¹⁴ For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your heavenly father shall also forgive you. ¹⁵ But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.

¹⁵ "Moreover, if thy brother trespass against thee, Go and tell him his fault between him and thee alone. If he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother:

³⁵ So like wise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses."

³ Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. ⁴ And though he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, It repenteth me, forgive him."

⁸ But he denied, and said to her, "Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand.

⁴⁸ But he that knew not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whom much is given: of him shall be much required. And to whom men much commit, the more of him will they ask.

¹¹ So then if ye have not been faithful in the wicked mammon, who will believe you in that which is true?

¹² for the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed, and am sure that he is able keep that which I have committed to his keeping against that day.

⁸ If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the house shall be brought unto the judges and swear, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good.

¹ Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

¹ When a soul hath sinned and heard the voice of cursing and is a witness: whether he hath seen or known of it, if he have not uttered it, he shall bear his sin.

³ or hath found that which was lost and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, in whatsoever thing it be that a man doth and sinneth therein;

⁴² And the king sent and called Shimei and said unto him, "Did I not adjure thee by the LORD, and testified unto thee saying, 'Be sure whensoever thou goest out and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt die for it?' And thou answeredst me, 'It is good tidings that I have heard.' ⁴³ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I commanded thee?"

⁹ Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.

¹⁶ Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves; And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife.

³⁹ Whatsoever was torn of beasts I brought it not unto thee, but made it good myself: of my hand didst thou require it, whether it was stolen by day or night.

¹⁴ Then said I, "O LORD God: Behold, my soul was yet never stained, for from my youth up to this hour. I did never eat of a dead carcass, or that which was slain of wild beasts, neither came there ever any unclean flesh in my mouth."

¹² Thus sayeth the LORD, 'like as a herdsman taketh two legs or a piece of an ear out of the lion's mouth: Even so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria, having their couches in the corner, and the beds at Damascus, shall be plucked away.

⁸ Yea, the residue of Jacob shall be among the gentiles and the multitude of people, as the lion among the beasts of the wood, and as the Lion's whelps among a flock of sheep: which, when he goeth through, treadeth down, teareth in pieces, and there is no man that can help.

¹² But the lion spoiled enough for his young ones, and devoured for his lioness: he filled his dens with his prey, and his dwelling place with that he had ravished.

¹¹ then shall an oath of the LORD go between them, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good, and the owner of it shall take the oath, and the other shall not make it good.

¹⁸ but he that killeth a beast shall pay for it, beast for beast.

² And this is the manner of the free year: whosoever lendeth ought with his hand unto his neighbour, may not ask again that which he hath lent, of his neighbour or of his brother: because it is called the LORD's free year,

¹⁹ Thou shalt be no usurer unto thy brother, neither in money nor in food, nor in any manner thing that is lent upon usury. ²⁰ Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury, but not unto thy brother, that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to conquer it.

⁴ But some said, "Let us borrow money of the king's tribute for our lands and vineyards.

²¹ The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again, but the righteous is merciful and liberal.

⁴² Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away.

³⁵ Wherefore, love ye your enemies, do good, and lend, looking for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the highest: for he is kind unto the unkind, and to the evil.

¹⁰ For why? Before these days, neither men nor cattle could win anything, neither might any man come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let every man go against his neighbour.

² And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, lord of the country, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and forced her: ³ and his heart lay unto Dina, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the damsel and spake kindly unto her, ⁴ and spake unto his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden unto my wife."

²⁸ If a man find a maid that is not betrothed and take her and lie with her and be found: ²⁹ Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty sicles of silver. And she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her, and he may not put her away all his days.

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants.

¹² Ask freely of me both the dowry and gifts, and I will give according as ye say unto me, and give me the damsel to wife."

³ Also thou shalt make no marriages with them, neither give thy daughter unto his son nor take his daughter unto thy son. ⁴ For they will make your sons depart from me and serve strange gods, and then will the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and destroy you shortly.

²⁹ Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty sicles of silver. And she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her, and he may not put her away all his days.

²⁵ Then said Saul, "This wise say to David: 'The king careth for no other dowry but for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies." For Saul thought to make David fall into the hands of the Philistines.

²⁶ "'Ye shall eat nothing with the blood, ye shall use no witchcraft, nor observe dismal days.

³¹ Turn not to them that work with spirits, neither regard them that observe dismal days, that ye be not defiled by them: for I am the LORD your God.

⁶ "'If any soul turn him to enchanters or expounders of tokens and go a whoring after them, I will put my face upon that soul and will destroy him from among his people.

²⁷ "'If there be man or woman that worketh with a spirit or a maker of dismal days, they shall die for it. Men shall stone them with stones, and their blood shall be upon them.'"

¹⁰ Let there not be found among you that maketh his son or his daughter go through fire, either a bruterer or a maker of dismal days, or that useth witchcraft, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or a charmer, or that speaketh with a spirit, or a soothsayer, or that asketh the advice of the dead.

³ Samuel was then dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah his own city. And Saul had put the soothsayers and expounders of tokens out of the land.

⁹ And the woman said unto him, "Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the women that had prophesying spirits, and the sorcerers, out of the land. Wherefore then layest thou a net for my soul to kill me?"

³ And Egypt shall be choked in herself. When they ask counsel at their idols, at their sorcerors, at their soothsayers and witches: then will I bring their counsel to naught.

⁹ And there was a certain man called Simon, which beforetime in the same city, used witchcraft and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that could do great things. ¹⁰ Whom they regarded, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This fellow is the great power of God." ¹¹ And him they set much by, because of long time with sorcery he had mocked their wits.

¹⁶ And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit that prophesied met us, which brought her master and masters much vantage with prophesying. ¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, "These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation." ¹⁸ And this did she many days. But Paul, not content, turned about and said to the spirit, "I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ that thou come out of her." And he came out the same hour. ¹⁹ And when her master and mistress saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

¹⁹ Many of them which used curious crafts, brought their books and burned them before all men, and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand silverlings.

²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, lawing, zeal, wrath, strife, sedition, sects,

¹⁵ For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.

²³ Thou shalt lie with no manner of beast to defile thyself therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto, for that is abomination.

²⁵ and the land is defiled, and I will visit the wickedness thereof upon it. And the land shall spew out her inhabiters.

¹⁵ If a man lie with a beast he shall die, and ye shall slay the beast. ¹⁶ If a woman go unto a beast and lie down thereto: thou shalt kill the woman and the beast also they shall die, and their blood be upon their heads.

²¹ "'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

³ And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites. And they destroyed both them and their cities, and called the place Hormah.

² which called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods. And the people ate, and worshipped their gods, ³ and Israel coupled himself unto Baal-Peor. Then the LORD was angry with Israel, ⁴ and said unto Moses, "Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD against the sun, that the wrath of the LORD may turn away from Israel."

⁷ And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up out of the company and took a weapon in his hand, ⁸ and went after the man of Israel into the whorehouse, and thrust them through: both the man of Israel and also the woman even through the belly of her. And the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

¹ If there arise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and give thee a sign or a wonder - ² and that sign or wonder which he hath said come to pass — and then say, 'Let us go after strange gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them': ³ hearken not unto the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams. For the LORD thy God tempteth you, to wete whether ye love the LORD your God with all your hearts and with all your souls. ⁴ For ye must walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and hearken unto his voice and serve him and cleave unto him. ⁵ And that prophet or dreamer of dreams shall die for it, because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt and delivered you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in: and so thou shalt put evil away from thee. ⁶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son or thy daughter or the wife that lieth in thy bosom or thy friend which is as thine own soul unto thee, entice thee secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve strange gods which thou hast not known nor yet thy fathers, ⁷ of the gods of the people which are round about thee, whether they be nigh unto thee or far off from thee, from the one end of the land unto the other': ⁸ see thou consent not unto him nor hearken unto him. No, let not thine eye pity him nor have compassion on him, nor keep him secret, but cause him to be slain. ⁹ Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him; and then the hands of all the people. ¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God which brought thee out of Egypt, the house of bondage. ¹¹ And all Israel shall hear and fear and shall do no more, and such wickedness as this is, among them. ¹² If thou shalt hear say of one of thy cities which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell in, ¹³ that certain being the children of Belial are gone out from among you and have moved the inhabiters of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve strange gods which ye have not known.' ¹⁴ Then seek and make search and enquire diligently. If it be true, and the thing of a surety that such abomination is wrought among you: ¹⁵ then thou shalt smite the dwellers of that city with the edge of the sword, and destroy it merciless and all that is therein, and even the very cattle thereof with the edge of the sword.

² If there be found among you, in any of thy cities which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy ³ so that they have gone and served strange gods and worshipped them, whether it be the sun or moon or anything contained in heaven which I forbade, ⁴ and it was told thee and thou hast heard of it: Then thou shalt enquire diligently. And if it be true and the thing of a surety that such abomination is wrought in Israel, ⁵ then thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates and shalt stone them with stones and they shall die.

²⁰ But the prophet which shall presume to speak ought in my name which I commanded him not to speak, and he that speaketh in the name of strange gods, the same prophet shall die.'

¹⁵ And as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you: so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil until he have destroyed you from off this good land, which the LORD your God hath given you ¹⁶ when ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: and have gone and served strange gods, and bowed yourselves to them. Then shall the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you, and ye shall perish quickly, from off the good land which he hath given you."

² "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage.

⁹ Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of a stranger, because ye were strangers in Egypt.

³³ If a stranger sojourn by thee in your land, see that ye vex him not:

³⁵ "'If thy brother be waxed poor and fallen in decay with thee, receive him as a stranger or a sojourner, and let him live by thee.

¹⁹ Love therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers yourselves in the land of Egypt.

¹⁵ And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God delivered thee thence: wherefore I command thee this thing today.

⁷ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: neither shalt thou abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

⁶ If ye will not oppress the stranger, the fatherless and the widow; if ye will not shed innocent blood in this place; if ye will not cleave to strange gods to your own destruction;

³ Thus the LORD commandeth: Keep equity and righteousness, deliver the oppressed from the power of the violent: do not grieve nor oppress the stranger, the fatherless nor the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

¹⁰ Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart."

⁵ I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁸ but doeth right unto the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment.

¹⁷ Hinder not the right of the stranger nor of the fatherless, nor take widow's raiment to pledge.

¹⁹ "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

⁶ They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death. ⁷ And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not."

¹⁷ Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

²³ Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

² wherethrough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgment: that widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless.

⁷ In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

²⁷ Pure devotion, and undefiled before God the father, is this: To visit the friendless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.

⁹ And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

¹⁵ Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee.

³⁸ But if cause be that my land cry against me, or that the furrows thereof make any complaint; ³⁹ if I have eaten the fruits thereof unpaid for, yea if I have grieved any of the plowmen;

²⁸ Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity.

⁹ "There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

¹⁷ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto, ¹⁸ to help the fatherless and the poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

⁶ In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my God. So he shall hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him: it shall enter even into his ears. {TYNDALE: In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.}

¹² Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.

¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

⁷ who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. The LORD looseth men out of prison; ⁸ the LORD giveth sight to the blind. The LORD helpeth them up that are fallen; the LORD loveth the righteous. ⁹ The LORD careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow. As for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

²² See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment; ²³ for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless. ¹¹ For he that delivereth them is mighty, even he shall defend their cause against thee.

⁷ And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields — which hire is of you kept back by fraud — crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

¹³ saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'? ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posterity shall have scarceness of bread. ¹⁵ Look, whom he leaveth behind him, they shall die and be buried, and no man shall have pity of his widows.

²³ For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden.

²⁴ Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.

⁷ Thou art fearful, for who may abide in thy sight, when thou art angry?

⁶³ The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given in marriage. ⁶⁴ Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? For even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

⁸ I will make their widows more in number than the sands of the sea. Upon the mothers of their children, I shall bring a destroyer in the noonday. Suddenly and unawares, shall I send a fear upon their cities.

²¹ Therefore let their children die of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sword. Let their wives be robbed of their children, and become widows: let their husbands be slain, let their young men be killed with the sword in the field.

³ We are become careful and fatherless, and our mothers are as the widows.

⁶ Who may endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abide his grim displeasure? His anger taketh on like fire, and the hard rocks burst in sunder before him.

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you again."

⁵ But thou, after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest thee together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance: when shall be opened the righteous judgment of God, ⁶ which will reward every man according to his deeds, ⁷ that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life. ⁸ But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile.

³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³⁵ "'If thy brother be waxed poor and fallen in decay with thee, receive him as a stranger or a sojourner, and let him live by thee. ³⁶ And thou shalt take none usury of him, nor yet vantage. But shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. ³⁷ Thou shalt not lend him thy money upon usury, nor lend him of thy food to have advantage by it;

¹ And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen."

⁷ Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, "Go and sell the oil and pay thy creditor. And live, thou and thy children, off the rest."

² For there were some that said, "Our sons and daughters and we are too many, let us take corn for them to eat, that we may live." ³ Some said, "Let us set our lands, vineyards, and houses, to pledge, and take up corn in the dearth." ⁴ But some said, "Let us borrow money of the king's tribute for our lands and vineyards. ⁵ Now are our brethrens' bodies as our own bodies and their children as our children: else should we subdue our sons and daughters into bondage, and some of our daughters are subdued already, and no strength is there in our hands, and other men shall have our lands and vineyards."

⁷ and I advised so in my mind, that I rebuked the councilors and the rulers, and said unto them, "Will ye require usury one of another?" And I brought a great congregation against them,

¹⁰ I and my brethren, and my servants have lent them money and corn: but as for usury, let us leave it. ¹¹ Therefore this same day see that ye restore them their lands again, their vineyards, oil gardens, and houses, and the hundredth part of the money of the corn, wine, and oil, that ye have won of them."

⁵ He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

⁸ Whoso increaseth his riches by vantage and winning, let him gather them to help the poor withal.

¹⁰ O mother, alas that ever thou didst bear me, an enemy and hated of the whole land: Though I never lent nor received upon usury, yet all men speak evil upon me.

⁸ he lendeth nothing upon usury; he taketh nothing over; he withdraweth his hand from doing wrong; he handleth faithfully betwixt man and man;

¹³ he lendeth upon usury, and taketh moreover. Shall this man live? He shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these abominations, he shall die: his blood shall be upon him.

¹⁷ he opresseth not the poor; he receiveth no usury, nor anything over; he keepeth my laws, and walketh in my commandments: this man shall not die in his father's sin, but shall live without fail.

¹² Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to have had my money to the changers, and then at my coming should I have received my mine own with vantage.

²³ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank? That at my coming should I might have required mine own, with vantage.'

⁶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge.

¹⁰ If thou lend thy brother any manner succour, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch a pledge: ¹¹ but shalt stand without and the man to whom thou lendest, shall bring thee the pledge out at the door. ¹² Furthermore, if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge: ¹³ but deliver him the pledge again by that the sun go down, and let him sleep in his own raiment and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness unto thee, before the LORD thy God.

⁶ Thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing;

³ that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

⁹ They spoil the sucking fatherless children, and put the poor in prison,

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

²⁷ for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

⁷ he grieveth nobody; he giveth his debtor his pledge again; he raketh none other man's goods by violence; he parteth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

¹⁶ he vexeth no man; he keepeth no man's pledge, he neither spoileth, nor robbeth any man; he dealeth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

¹⁵ Insomuch that the same wicked man giveth the pledge again, restoreth that he had taken away by robbery, walketh in the commandments of life, and doth no wrong: Then shall he surely live, and not die.

⁸ they lie beside every altar upon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink the wine of the oppressed.

²³ And it chanced, in process of time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by the reason of labour, and cried. ²⁴ And their complaint came up unto God from the labour. And God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

²³ If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry;

⁶ And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,

⁹ For if ye turn unto the LORD, then your brethren and your children shall find compassion in the presence of them that hold them captive, that they may come again unto this land: for the LORD your God is full of mercy and compassion, and will not turn his face from you, if ye turn again to him."

⁶ Lo, the poor crieth, and the LORD heareth him, yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

¹² For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

¹⁵ But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.

¹⁰ Which smote Egypt with their firstborn! For his mercy endureth forever. ¹¹ And brought out Israel from among them! For his mercy endureth forever.

²⁰ This shall be a token or testimony unto the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt, when they shall cry unto him, because of those that oppress them. And he shall send them a Captain and a Saviour to deliver them.

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.

⁸ If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the house shall be brought unto the judges and swear, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good. ⁹ And in all manner of trespass, whether it be ox, ass, sheep, raiment or any manner lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. And whom the judges condemn: the same shall pay double unto his neighbor.

¹⁶ And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall die for it: all the multitude shall stone him to death. And the stranger as well as the Israelite if he curse the name, shall die for it.'

⁶ And he said unto his men, "The LORD keep me from doing that thing unto my master that is the LORD's anointed, to lay mine hand upon him: seeing he is the LORD's anointed."

¹⁰ Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee this day into mine hand, in the cave. When they bade kill thee, mine eye had compassion on thee: and I said, 'I will not lay my hands on my master, for he is the LORD's anointed.'

⁹ But David said to Abishai, "Destroy him not — for who can lay his hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

⁶ For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges. ² How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah. ³ Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right. ⁴ Deliver the outcast and poor, and save them from the hand of the ungodly. ⁵ They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course. ⁶ I have said, "Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the most highest. ⁷ But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the tyrants."

¹ {Of David} I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; even before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

²⁰ Wish the king no evil in thy thought, and speak no hurt of the rich in thy privy chamber; for a bird of the air shall betray thy voice, and with her feathers shall she betray thy words.

³⁴ Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I have say ye are gods?' ³⁵ If he called them gods unto whom the word of God was spoken — and the scripture cannot be broken -

³ Then said Paul to him, "God shall smite thee, thou painted wall. Sittest thou and judgest me after the law: and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"

⁵ Then said Paul, "I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest. For it is written, 'Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people.'"

² Whosoever therefore resisteth power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, shall receive to themselves damnation. ³ For rulers are not to be feared for good works but for evil. Wilt thou be without fear of the power? Do well then: and so shalt thou be praised of the same. ⁴ For he is the minister of God, for thy wealth. But and if thou do evil, then fear: for he beareth not a sword for nought; but is the minister of God, to take vengeance on them that do evil. ⁵ Wherefore ye must needs obey, not for fear of vengeance only: but also because of conscience. ⁶ And even for this cause pay ye tribute. For they are God's ministers, serving for the same purpose. ⁷ Give to every man therefore his duty: Tribute to whom tribute belongeth: Custom to whom custom is due: fear to whom fear belongeth: Honour to whom honour pertaineth.

¹ Warn them, that they submit themselves to rule and power, to obey the officers, that they be ready unto all good works, ² that they speak evil of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, showing all meekness unto all men.

¹⁷ See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.

¹⁰ namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority;

⁸ Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulers, and speak evil of them that are in authority.

² "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn that open all manner matrices among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are mine."

¹² then thou shalt appoint unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and all the firstborn among the beasts which thou hast if they be males.

¹⁶ And the feast of Harvest, when thou reapest the first fruits of thy labors which thou hast sown in the field. And the feast of ingathering, in the end of the year: when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.

¹⁹ The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt also not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

¹⁹ All that breaketh up the matrix shall be mine, and all that breaketh the matrix among thy cattle, if it be male: whether it be ox or sheep.

² take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou hast brought in out of the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee and put it in a maund and go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to make his name dwell there. ³ And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days and say unto him, 'I knowledge this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.' ⁴ And the priest shall take the maund out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. ⁵ And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, 'The Syrians would have destroyed my father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few folk and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people. ⁶ And the Egyptians vexed us and troubled us, and laded us with cruel bondage. ⁷ And we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our adversity, labour and oppression. ⁸ And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm and with great terribleness and with signs and wonders. ⁹ And he hath brought us into this place and hath given us this land that floweth with milk and honey. ¹⁰ And now, lo: I have brought the first fruits of the land which the LORD hath given me.' And set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God,

⁴² There came a man from Baalshalishah and brought the man of God bread of first fruits, even twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in a cloth he had. And Elisha bade put it before the people that they might eat. Then his minister said,

⁵ And as soon as the word came abroad the children of Israel brought abundance of first fruits of corn, wine, oil and honey, and of all manner of fruits of the field: and the tithes of all manner of things brought they in plenteously.

⁹ Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstlings of all thine increase: ¹⁰ So shall thy barns be filled with plenteousness, and thy presses shall flow over with sweet wine.

⁴⁰ But upon my holy hill, even upon the high hill of Israel shall all the house of Israel and all that is in the land worship me: and in the same place will I favour them, and there will I require your heave offerings, and the firstlings of your oblations, with all your holy things.

¹ Woe is me! I am become as one that goeth a gleaning in the harvest. There are no more grapes to eat, yet would I fain, with all my heart, have of the best fruit.

³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

²³ Not they only, but even we also: which have the first fruits of the spirit mourn in ourselves and wait for the adoption and look for the deliverance of our bodies.

¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.

³ And in the eighth day the flesh of the child's foreskin shall be cut away.

²⁷ "When an ox, a sheep or a goat is brought forth, it shall be seven days under the dam. And from the eighth day forth, it shall be accepted unto a gift in the sacrifice of the LORD.

¹⁹ All the firstborn that come of thine oxen and of thy sheep that are males, thou shalt hallow unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt do no service with the firstborn of thy sheep:

⁵ Now therefore if ye will hear my voice and keep mine covenant: ye shall be mine own above all nations, for all the earth is mine. ⁶ Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy people.' These are the words which thou shalt say unto the children of Israel."

⁴⁴ For I am the LORD your God: be sanctified therefore that ye may be holy, for I am holy; and defile not your souls with any manner thing that creepeth upon the earth. ⁴⁵ For I am the LORD that brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: be holy therefore, for I am holy.

¹⁵ And whatsoever soul it be that eateth that which died alone or that which was torn with wild beasts: whether it be one of yourselves or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean unto the even, and then is he clean. ¹⁶ But and if he wash them not, nor wash his flesh, he shall bear his sin.'"

² "Speak unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'Be holy for I, the LORD your God, am holy.

²⁵ that ye should put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and them that are clean. Make not your souls therefore abominable with beasts and fowls, and with all manner thing that creepeth upon the ground, which I have separated unto you to hold them unclean.

⁸ Of a beast that dieth alone or is rent with wild beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

²¹ Ye shall eat of nothing that dieth alone: But thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is in thy city that he eat it, or mayest sell it unto an Alien. For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

³¹ But no dead carrion shall the priest eat, nor such as is devoured of wild beasts, fouls or cattle."

¹⁴ But Peter said, "God forbid Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

²⁰ but that we write unto them, that they abstain themselves from filthiness of images, from fornication, from strangled, and from blood.

¹⁵ But as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, ¹⁶ because it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy."