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World English Bible

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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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.

Exodus 23:1 Or, receive
Exodus 23:2 Heb. answer
Exodus 23:5 Or, wilt thou cease to help him? Or, etc wouldest cease to leave thy business for him, thou shalt surely leave it to join with him
Exodus 23:8 Heb. the seeing
Exodus 23:9 Heb. soul
Exodus 23:11 Or, olive trees
Exodus 23:18 Or, feast
Exodus 23:22 Or, I will afflict them that afflict thee
Exodus 23:27 Heb. necks

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 23 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐ () παραδέξῃ () ἀκοὴν () ματαίαν. () Οὐ () συγκαταθήσῃ () μετὰ () τοῦ () ἀδίκου () γενέσθαι () μάρτυς () ἄδικος. ()
[2] Οὐκ () ἔσῃ () μετὰ () πλειόνων () ἐπὶ () κακίᾳ. () Οὐ () προστεθήσῃ () μετὰ () πλήθους () ἐκκλῖναι () μετὰ () πλειόνων () ὥστε () ἐκκλῖναι () κρίσιν. ()
[3] Καὶ () πένητα () οὐκ () ἐλεήσεις () ἐν () κρίσει. ()—
[4] ἐὰν () δὲ () συναντήσῃς () τῷ () βοὶ () τοῦ () ἐχθροῦ () σου () ἢ () τῷ () ὑποζυγίῳ () αὐτοῦ () πλανωμένοις, () ἀποστρέψας () ἀποδώσεις () αὐτῷ. ()
[5] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ἴδῃς () τὸ () ὑποζύγιον () τοῦ () ἐχθροῦ () σου () πεπτωκὸς () ὑπὸ () τὸν () γόμον () αὐτοῦ, () οὐ () παρελεύσῃ () αὐτό, () ἀλλὰ () συνεγερεῖς () αὐτὸ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()—
[6] οὐ () διαστρέψεις () κρίμα () πένητος () ἐν () κρίσει () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Ἀπὸ () παντὸς () ῥήματος () ἀδίκου () ἀποστήσῃ· () ἀθῷον () καὶ () δίκαιον () οὐκ () ἀποκτενεῖς () καὶ () οὐ () δικαιώσεις () τὸν () ἀσεβῆ () ἕνεκεν () δώρων. ()
[8] Καὶ () δῶρα () οὐ () λήμψῃ· () τὰ () γὰρ () δῶρα () ἐκτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς () βλεπόντων () καὶ () λυμαίνεται () ῥήματα () δίκαια. ()—
[9] καὶ () προσήλυτον () οὐ () θλίψετε· () ὑμεῖς () γὰρ () οἴδατε () τὴν () ψυχὴν () τοῦ () προσηλύτου· () αὐτοὶ () γὰρ () προσήλυτοι () ἦτε () ἐν () γῇ () Αἰγύπτῳ. ()
[10] Ἓξ () ἔτη () σπερεῖς () τὴν () γῆν () σου () καὶ () συνάξεις () τὰ () γενήματα () αὐτῆς· ()
[11] τῷ () δὲ () ἑβδόμῳ () ἄφεσιν () ποιήσεις () καὶ () ἀνήσεις () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἔδονται οἱ () πτωχοὶ () τοῦ () ἔθνους () σου, () τὰ () δὲ () ὑπολειπόμενα () ἔδεται τὰ () ἄγρια () θηρία. () Οὕτως () ποιήσεις () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνά () σου () καὶ () τὸν () ἐλαιῶνά () σου. ()—
[12] ἓξ () ἡμέρας () ποιήσεις () τὰ () ἔργα () σου, () τῇ () δὲ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () ἑβδόμῃ () ἀνάπαυσις, () ἵνα () ἀναπαύσηται () ὁ () βοῦς () σου () καὶ () τὸ () ὑποζύγιόν () σου, () καὶ () ἵνα () ἀναψύξῃ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τῆς () παιδίσκης () σου () καὶ () ὁ () προσήλυτος. ()—
[13] πάντα, () ὅσα () εἴρηκα () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () φυλάξασθε. () Καὶ () ὄνομα () θεῶν () ἑτέρων () οὐκ () ἀναμνησθήσεσθε, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () ἀκουσθῇ () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματος () ὑμῶν. ()
[14] Τρεῖς () καιροὺς () τοῦ () ἐνιαυτοῦ () ἑορτάσατέ () μοι. ()
[15] Τὴν () ἑορτὴν () τῶν () ἀζύμων () φυλάξασθε () ποιεῖν· () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, () καθάπερ () ἐνετειλάμην () σοι, () κατὰ () τὸν () καιρὸν () τοῦ () μηνὸς () τῶν () νέων· () ἐν () γὰρ () αὐτῷ () ἐξῆλθες () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου. () Οὐκ () ὀφθήσῃ () ἐνώπιόν () μου () κενός. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἑορτὴν () θερισμοῦ () πρωτογενημάτων ποιήσεις () τῶν () ἔργων () σου, () ὧν () ἐὰν () σπείρῃς () ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ () σου, () καὶ () ἑορτὴν () συντελείας () ἐπ’ () ἐξόδου () τοῦ () ἐνιαυτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () συναγωγῇ () τῶν () ἔργων () σου () τῶν () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ () σου. ()
[17] Τρεῖς () καιροὺς () τοῦ () ἐνιαυτοῦ () ὀφθήσεται () πᾶν () ἀρσενικόν σου () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () σου. ()
[18] Ὅταν () γὰρ () ἐκβάλω () ἔθνη () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () σου () καὶ () ἐμπλατύνω τὰ () ὅριά () σου, () οὐ () θύσεις () ἐπὶ () ζύμῃ () αἷμα () θυσιάσματός μου, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () κοιμηθῇ () στέαρ τῆς () ἑορτῆς () μου () ἕως () πρωί. ()
[19] Τὰς () ἀπαρχὰς () τῶν () πρωτογενημάτων τῆς () γῆς () σου () εἰσοίσεις () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () σου. () Οὐχ () ἑψήσεις ἄρνα () ἐν () γάλακτι () μητρὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἀποστέλλω () τὸν () ἄγγελόν () μου () πρὸ () προσώπου () σου, () ἵνα () φυλάξῃ () σε () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ, () ὅπως () εἰσαγάγῃ () σε () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () ἡτοίμασά () σοι. ()
[21] Πρόσεχε () σεαυτῷ () καὶ () εἰσάκουε () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () μὴ () ἀπείθει () αὐτῷ· () οὐ () γὰρ () μὴ () ὑποστείληταί () σε, () τὸ () γὰρ () ὄνομά () μού () ἐστιν () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ. ()
[22] Ἐὰν () ἀκοῇ () ἀκούσητε () τῆς () ἐμῆς () φωνῆς () καὶ () ποιήσῃς () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () ἐντείλωμαί () σοι, () καὶ () φυλάξητε () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου, () ἔσεσθέ () μοι () λαὸς () περιούσιος () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () ἐθνῶν· () ἐμὴ () γάρ () ἐστιν () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ, () ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἔσεσθέ () μοι () βασίλειον () ἱεράτευμα () καὶ () ἔθνος () ἅγιον. () Ταῦτα () τὰ () ῥήματα () ἐρεῖς () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ () Ἐὰν () ἀκοῇ () ἀκούσητε () τῆς () φωνῆς () μου () καὶ () ποιήσῃς () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () εἴπω () σοι, () ἐχθρεύσω τοῖς () ἐχθροῖς () σου () καὶ () ἀντικείσομαι () τοῖς () ἀντικειμένοις () σοι. ()
[23] Πορεύσεται () γὰρ () ὁ () ἄγγελός () μου () ἡγούμενός () σου () καὶ () εἰσάξει () σε () πρὸς () τὸν () Αμορραῖον καὶ () Χετταῖον καὶ () Φερεζαῖον καὶ () Χαναναῖον () καὶ () Γεργεσαῖον καὶ () Ευαῖον καὶ () Ιεβουσαῖον, καὶ () ἐκτρίψω αὐτούς. ()
[24] Οὐ () προσκυνήσεις () τοῖς () θεοῖς () αὐτῶν () οὐδὲ () μὴ () λατρεύσῃς () αὐτοῖς· () οὐ () ποιήσεις () κατὰ () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτῶν, () ἀλλὰ () καθαιρέσει () καθελεῖς () καὶ () συντρίβων () συντρίψεις () τὰς () στήλας αὐτῶν. ()
[25] Καὶ () λατρεύσεις () κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ () σου, () καὶ () εὐλογήσω () τὸν () ἄρτον () σου () καὶ () τὸν () οἶνόν () σου () καὶ () τὸ () ὕδωρ () σου () καὶ () ἀποστρέψω () μαλακίαν () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν. ()
[26] Οὐκ () ἔσται () ἄγονος οὐδὲ () στεῖρα () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () σου· () τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () σου () ἀναπληρώσω. ()
[27] Καὶ () τὸν () φόβον () ἀποστελῶ () ἡγούμενόν () σου () καὶ () ἐκστήσω () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () εἰς () οὓς () σὺ () εἰσπορεύῃ () εἰς () αὐτούς, () καὶ () δώσω () πάντας () τοὺς () ὑπεναντίους () σου () φυγάδας.
[28] Καὶ () ἀποστελῶ () τὰς () σφηκίας προτέρας σου, () καὶ () ἐκβαλεῖ () τοὺς () Αμορραίους καὶ () τοὺς () Ευαίους καὶ () τοὺς () Χαναναίους () καὶ () τοὺς () Χετταίους ἀπὸ () σοῦ. ()
[29] Οὐκ () ἐκβαλῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () ἐνιαυτῷ () ἑνί, () ἵνα () μὴ () γένηται () ἡ () γῆ () ἔρημος () καὶ () πολλὰ () γένηται () ἐπὶ () σὲ () τὰ () θηρία () τῆς () γῆς· ()
[30] κατὰ () μικρὸν () μικρὸν () ἐκβαλῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () σοῦ, () ἕως () ἂν () αὐξηθῇς () καὶ () κληρονομήσῃς () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[31] Καὶ () θήσω () τὰ () ὅριά () σου () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἐρυθρᾶς () θαλάσσης () ἕως () τῆς () θαλάσσης () τῆς () Φυλιστιιμ καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () ἕως () τοῦ () μεγάλου () ποταμοῦ () Εὐφράτου· () καὶ () παραδώσω () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖρας () ὑμῶν () τοὺς () ἐγκαθημένους ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () καὶ () ἐκβαλῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () σοῦ. ()
[32] Οὐ () συγκαταθήσῃ () αὐτοῖς () καὶ () τοῖς () θεοῖς () αὐτῶν () διαθήκην, ()
[33] καὶ () οὐκ () ἐγκαθήσονται ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () σου, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἁμαρτεῖν () σε () ποιήσωσιν () πρός () με· () ἐὰν () γὰρ () δουλεύσῃς () τοῖς () θεοῖς () αὐτῶν, () οὗτοι () ἔσονταί () σοι () πρόσκομμα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.