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Exodus 23 (WEBP)

[1] “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
[2] “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
[3] You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
[4] “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
[5] If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.
[6] “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
[7] “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
[8] “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
[9] “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
[10] “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
[11] but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
[12] “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.
[13] “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
[14] “You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
[15] You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
[16] And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
[17] Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.
[18] “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
[19] You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
[20] “Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
[21] Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
[22] But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
[23] For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
[24] You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
[25] You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.
[26] No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
[27] I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
[28] I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
[29] I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
[30] Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
[31] I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
[32] You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
[33] They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 23 (KJVS)

[1] Thou shalt not raise () a false report : put () not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness .
[2] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil ; neither shalt thou speak () in a cause to decline () after many to wrest () [judgment]:
[3] Neither shalt thou countenance () a poor man in his cause .
[4] If thou meet () thine enemy’s () ox or his ass going astray (), thou shalt surely () bring it back to him again ().
[5] If thou see () the ass of him that hateth () thee lying () under his burden , and wouldest forbear () to help () him, thou shalt surely () help () with him.
[6] Thou shalt not wrest () the judgment of thy poor in his cause .
[7] Keep thee far () from a false matter ; and the innocent and righteous slay () thou not: for I will not justify () the wicked .
[8] And thou shalt take () no gift : for the gift blindeth () the wise , and perverteth () the words of the righteous .
[9] Also thou shalt not oppress () a stranger : for ye know () the heart of a stranger , seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt .
[10] And six years thou shalt sow () thy land , and shalt gather () in the fruits thereof:
[11] But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest () and lie () still; that the poor of thy people may eat (): and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat (). In like manner thou shalt deal () with thy vineyard , [and] with thy oliveyard .
[12] Six days thou shalt do () thy work , and on the seventh day thou shalt rest (): that thine ox and thine ass may rest (), and the son of thy handmaid , and the stranger , may be refreshed ().
[13] And in all [things] that I have said () unto you be circumspect (): and make no mention () of the name of other gods , neither let it be heard () out of thy mouth .
[14] Three times thou shalt keep a feast () unto me in the year .
[15] Thou shalt keep () the feast of unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat () unleavened bread seven days , as I commanded () thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou camest out () from Egypt : and none shall appear () before me empty :)
[16] And the feast of harvest , the firstfruits of thy labours , which thou hast sown () in the field : and the feast of ingathering , [which is] in the end () of the year , when thou hast gathered () in thy labours out of the field .
[17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear () before the Lord GOD .
[18] Thou shalt not offer () the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain () until the morning .
[19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring () into the house of the LORD thy God . Thou shalt not seethe () a kid in his mother’s milk .
[20] Behold, I send () an Angel before thee, to keep () thee in the way , and to bring () thee into the place which I have prepared ().
[21] Beware () of him, and obey () his voice , provoke () him not; for he will not pardon () your transgressions : for my name [is] in him .
[22] But if thou shalt indeed () obey () his voice , and do () all that I speak (); then I will be an enemy () unto thine enemies (), and an adversary () unto thine adversaries ().
[23] For mine Angel shall go () before thee, and bring () thee in unto the Amorites , and the Hittites , and the Perizzites , and the Canaanites , the Hivites , and the Jebusites : and I will cut them off ().
[24] Thou shalt not bow down () to their gods , nor serve () them, nor do () after their works : but thou shalt utterly () overthrow () them, and quite () break down () their images .
[25] And ye shall serve () the LORD your God , and he shall bless () thy bread , and thy water ; and I will take sickness away () from the midst of thee.
[26] There shall nothing cast their young (), nor be barren , in thy land : the number of thy days I will fulfil ().
[27] I will send () my fear before thee, and will destroy () all the people to whom thou shalt come (), and I will make () all thine enemies () turn their backs unto thee.
[28] And I will send () hornets before thee, which shall drive out () the Hivite , the Canaanite , and the Hittite , from before thee.
[29] I will not drive them out () from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate , and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
[30] By little and little I will drive them out () from before thee, until thou be increased (), and inherit () the land .
[31] And I will set () thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines , and from the desert unto the river : for I will deliver () the inhabitants () of the land into your hand ; and thou shalt drive them out () before thee.
[32] Thou shalt make () no covenant with them, nor with their gods .
[33] They shall not dwell () in thy land , lest they make thee sin () against me: for if thou serve () their gods , it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

Exodus 23 (YLT)

[1] ‘Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
[2] ‘Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;
[3] and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
[4] ‘When thou meetest thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
[5] when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving it to it-thou dost certainly leave it with him.
[6] ‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
[7] from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
[8] ‘And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
[9] ‘And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye-ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
[10] ‘And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
[11] and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard-to thine olive-yard.
[12] ‘Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
[13] and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
[14] ‘Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;
[15] the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear in My presence empty;
[16] and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
[17] ‘Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
[18] ‘Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
[19] the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
[20] ‘Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
[21] be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name is in his heart;
[22] for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
[23] ‘For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
[24] ‘Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
[25] ‘And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
[26] there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
[27] My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.
[28] ‘And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
[29] I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
[30] little by little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
[31] ‘And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
[32] thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
[33] they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.’