Exodus 23
1 not to lift: loud report vanity: false not to set: put hand your with wicked to/for to be witness violence
“You must not spread stories that are lies. You must not help bad people by giving evidence that's malicious.
2 not to be after many to/for distress: evil and not to answer upon strife to/for to stretch after many to/for to stretch
Don't follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give evidence in a lawsuit, don't corrupt justice by siding with the majority.
3 and poor not to honor in/on/with strife his
Don't show favoritism to poor people in their legal cases either.
4 for to fall on cattle enemy your or donkey his to go astray to return: rescue to return: return him to/for him
If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey that has wandered off, take it back it to him.
5 for to see: see donkey to hate you to stretch underneath: under burden his and to cease from to leave: forsake to/for him to leave: release to leave: release with him
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it there. You must stop and help.
6 not to stretch justice needy your in/on/with strife his
You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
7 from word deception to remove and innocent and righteous not to kill for not to justify wicked
Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.
8 and bribe not to take: take for [the] bribe to blind seeing and to pervert word: thing righteous
Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
9 and sojourner not to oppress and you(m. p.) to know [obj] soul [the] sojourner for sojourner to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt
Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, for you were once foreigners in Egypt.
10 and six year to sow [obj] land: country/planet your and to gather [obj] produce her
Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops,
11 and [the] seventh to release her and to leave her and to eat needy people your and remainder their to eat living thing [the] land: country so to make: do to/for vineyard your to/for olive your
but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.
12 six day to make: do deed: work your and in/on/with day [the] seventh to cease because to rest cattle your and donkey your and be refreshed son: child maidservant your and [the] sojourner
You have six days to do your work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, so that your ox and your donkey can rest, and your slaves' families can catch their breath, as well as the foreigners living among you.
13 and in/on/with all which to say to(wards) you to keep: careful and name God another not to remember not to hear: hear upon lip your
Make sure to pay attention to everything I've told you. Don't think to call on the names of other gods—you must not even mention them.
14 three foot to celebrate to/for me in/on/with year
Three times every year you are to celebrate a feast dedicated to me.
15 [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread to keep: obey seven day to eat unleavened bread like/as as which to command you to/for meeting: time appointed month [the] Abib for in/on/with him to come out: come from Egypt and not to see: see face: before my emptily
You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread as I instructed you. You are to eat bread without yeast for seven days at the appropriate time in the month of Abib, because that was the month you left Egypt. No one can come before me without bringing an offering.
16 and feast [the] harvest firstfruit deed: work your which to sow in/on/with land: country and feast [the] ingathering in/on/with to come out: extends [the] year in/on/with to gather you [obj] deed: work your from [the] land: country
You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.
17 three beat in/on/with year to see: see all male your to(wards) face: before [the] lord LORD
Every Israelite male is to come before the Lord God at these three times every year.
18 not to sacrifice upon leaven blood sacrifice my and not to lodge fat feast my till morning
You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices together with anything that contains yeast, and the fat from the offerings presented at my festival must not be left until morning.
19 first: best firstfruit land: soil your to come (in): bring house: temple LORD God your not to boil kid in/on/with milk mother his
Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
20 behold I to send: depart messenger: angel to/for face: before your to/for to keep: guard you in/on/with way: journey and to/for to come (in): bring you to(wards) [the] place which to establish: prepare
Look, I'm sending an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to take you to the place I've prepared for you.
21 to keep: careful from face: before his and to hear: obey in/on/with voice his not to provoke in/on/with him for not to lift: forgive to/for transgression your for name my in/on/with entrails: among his
Make sure you pay attention to him and do what he says. Don't oppose him, because he won't forgive rebellion, for he carries my authority.
22 that if: except if: except to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice his and to make: do all which to speak: speak and be hostile [obj] enemy your and to provoke [obj] to vex you
However, if you listen to him carefully, and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and I will fight those who fight against you.
23 for to go: went messenger: angel my to/for face: before your and to come (in): bring you to(wards) [the] Amorite and [the] Hittite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Canaanite [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite and to hide him
For my angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24 not to bow to/for God their and not to serve: minister them and not to make: do like/as deed: work their for to overthrow to overthrow them and to break to break pillar their
You must not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their pagan practices. No, you must demolish their idols and smash their sacred pillars into pieces.
25 and to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your and to bless [obj] food: bread your and [obj] water your and to turn aside: remove sickness from entrails: among your
You are to worship the Lord your God, and he will bless your food and water. I will make sure none of you fall sick.
26 not to be be bereaved and barren in/on/with land: country/planet your [obj] number day your to fill
No woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will make sure you live long lives.
27 [obj] terror my to send: depart to/for face: before your and to confuse [obj] all [the] people which to come (in): come in/on/with them and to give: make [obj] all enemy your to(wards) you neck
I will send terror about me ahead of you which will throw every nation you meet into panic. I will make all your enemies turn and run away.
28 and to send: depart [obj] [the] hornet to/for face: before your and to drive out: drive out [obj] [the] Hivite [obj] [the] Canaanite and [obj] [the] Hittite from to/for face: before your
I will send hornets ahead of you to drive out before you the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites.
29 not to drive out: drive out him from face: before your in/on/with year one lest to be [the] land: country/planet devastation and to multiply upon you living thing [the] land: wildlife
I will not drive them out in just one year, because the land would become desolate and you would have to deal with increased numbers of wild animals.
30 little little to drive out: drive out him from face: before your till which be fruitful and to inherit [obj] [the] land: country/planet
Bit by bit I will drive them out ahead of you, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
31 and to set: make [obj] border: boundary your from sea Red (Sea) and till sea (Sea of the) Philistines and from wilderness till [the] River for to give: give in/on/with hand: power your [obj] to dwell [the] land: country/planet and to drive out: drive out them from face: before your
I will fix your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand the inhabitants of the land over to you, and you will drive them out.
32 not to cut: make(covenant) to/for them and to/for God their covenant
You must not make any agreement with them or with their gods.
33 not to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet your lest to sin [obj] you to/for me for to serve: minister [obj] God their for to be to/for you to/for snare
They must not be allowed to stay in your land, otherwise they will lead you to sin against me. For if you worship their gods, they will definitely become a trap for you.”
