Jan 18 - Exodus 19-21
Exodus
1In the third month of the departure of Israel from the land of Egypt, in that day, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai2Thus, setting out from Raphidim, and going directly to the desert of Sinai, they encamped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents away from the region of the mountain3Then Moses ascended to God. And the Lord called to him from the mountain, and he said: "This you shall say to the house of Jacob, and announce to the sons of Israel4‘You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, in what way I carried you upon the wings of eagles and how I have taken you for myself5If, therefore, you will hear my voice, and you will keep my covenant, you will be to me a particular possession out of all people. For all the earth is mine6And you will be to me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the sons of Israel.7Moses went, and calling together those greater by birth among the people, he set forth all the words which the Lord had commanded8And all the people responded together: "Everything that the Lord has spoken, we shall do." And when Moses had related the words of the people to the Lord9the Lord said to him: "Soon now, I will come to you in the mist of a cloud, so that the people may hear me speaking to you, and so that they may believe you continuously." Therefore, Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord10who said to him: "Go to the people, and sanctify them today, and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments11And let them be prepared on the third day. For on the third day, the Lord will descend, in the sight of all the people, over Mount Sinai12And you will establish limits for the people all around, and you will say to them: ‘Take care not to ascend to the mountain, and that you do not touch its parts. All who touch the mountain, shall die a death.13Hands shall not touch him, but he shall be crushed with stones, or he shall be pierced through with darts. Whether it be a beast or a man, he shall not live. For when the trumpet begins to sound, perhaps they might go up toward the mountain.14And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and he sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments15he said to them, "Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives.16And now, the third day arrived and the morning dawned. And behold, thunders began to be heard, and also lightning flashed, and a very dense cloud covered the mountain, and the noise of the trumpet resounded vehemently. And the people who were in the camp were fearful17And when Moses had led them out to meet God, from the place of the camp, they stood at the base of the mountain18Then all of Mount Sinai was smoking. For the Lord had descended over it with fire, and smoke ascended from it, as from a furnace. And the entire mountain was terrible19And the sound of the trumpet gradually increased to be louder, and extended to be longer. Moses was speaking, and God was answering him20And the Lord descended over Mount Sinai, to the very top of the mountain, and he called Moses to its summit. And when he had ascended there21he said to him: "Descend, and call the people to witness, lest they might be willing to transgress the limits, so as to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them might perish22Likewise, the priests who approach toward the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them down.23And Moses said to the Lord: "The people are not able to ascend to Mount Sinai. For you testified, and you commanded, saying: ‘Set limits around the mountain, and sanctify it.’ 24And the Lord said to him, "Go, descend. And you shall ascend, and Aaron with you. But let not the priests or the people transgress the limits, nor ascend to the Lord, lest perhaps he may put them to death.25And Moses descended to the people, and he explained everything to them
1And the Lord spoke all these words2"I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude3You shall not have strange gods before me4You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth5You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me6and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely8Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath9For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks10But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you13You shall not murder14You shall not commit adultery15You shall not steal16You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor17You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.18Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance19saying to Moses: "Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.20And Moses said to the people: "Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.21And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God22Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: "This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven23You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold24You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you25And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled26You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.
1"These are the judgments which you shall place before them2If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge3With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time4But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing5And if the servant will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,6then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity7If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out8If she displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her9But if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall treat her according to the custom with daughters10And if he takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity11If he does not do these three things, she shall depart freely, without money12Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death13But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee14If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die15Whoever strikes his father or mother shall die a death16Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death17Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death18If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed19if he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians20Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime21But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money22If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge23But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot25a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise26If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out27Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely28If an ox has struck a man or a woman with his horn, and if they die, it shall be stoned. And its flesh shall not be eaten; also, the owner of the ox will be innocent29But if the ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed30But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked31Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict32If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned33If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it34then the owner of the cistern shall repay the price of the beasts, and what is dead will belong to him35If the ox of a stranger wounds the ox of another, and it has died, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price, but the carcass of the dead one they shall distribute between them36But if he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.