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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 H5375 (8799) a false H7723 report H8088: put H7896 (8799) not thine hand H3027 with the wicked H7563 to be an unrighteous H2555 witness H5707.
[2] Thou shalt not follow H310 a multitude H7227 to [do] evil H7451; neither shalt thou speak H6030 (8799) in a cause H7379 to decline H5186 (8800) after H310 many H7227 to wrest H5186 (8687) [judgment]:
[3] Neither shalt thou countenance H1921 (8799) a poor H1800 man in his cause H7379.
[4] If thou meet H6293 (8799) thine enemy’s H341 (8802) ox H7794 or his ass H2543 going astray H8582 (8802), thou shalt surely H7725 (8687) bring it back H7725 to him again H7725 (8686).
[5] If thou see H7200 (8799) the ass H2543 of him that hateth H8130 (8802) thee lying H7257 (8802) under his burden H4853, and wouldest forbear H2308 (8804) to help H5800 (8800) him, thou shalt surely H5800 (8800) help H5800 (8799) with him.
[6] Thou shalt not wrest H5186 (8686) the judgment H4941 of thy poor H34 in his cause H7379.
[7] Keep thee far H7368 (8799) from a false H8267 matter H1697; and the innocent H5355 and righteous H6662 slay H2026 (8799) thou not: for I will not justify H6663 (8686) the wicked H7563.
[8] And thou shalt take H3947 (8799) no gift H7810: for the gift H7810 blindeth H5786 (8762) the wise H6493, and perverteth H5557 (8762) the words H1697 of the righteous H6662.
[9] Also thou shalt not oppress H3905 (8799) a stranger H1616: for ye know H3045 (8804) the heart H5315 of a stranger H1616, seeing H3588 ye were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
[10] And six H8337 years H8141 thou shalt sow H2232 (8799) thy land H776, and shalt gather H622 (8804) in the fruits H8393 thereof:
[11] But the seventh H7637 [year] thou shalt let it rest H8058 (8799) and lie H5203 (8804) still; that the poor H34 of thy people H5971 may eat H398 (8804): and what they leave H3499 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 shall eat H398 (8799). In like manner thou shalt deal H6213 (8799) with thy vineyard H3754, [and] with thy oliveyard H2132.
[12] Six H8337 days H3117 thou shalt do H6213 (8799) thy work H4639, and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 thou shalt rest H7673 (8799): that thine ox H7794 and thine ass H2543 may rest H5117 (8799), and the son H1121 of thy handmaid H519, and the stranger H1616, may be refreshed H5314 (8735).
[13] And in all [things] that I have said H559 (8804) unto you be circumspect H8104 (8735): and make no mention H2142 (8686) of the name H8034 of other H312 gods H430, neither let it be heard H8085 (8735) out H5921 of thy mouth H6310.
[14] Three H7969 times H7272 thou shalt keep a feast H2287 (8799) unto me in the year H8141.
[15] Thou shalt keep H8104 (8799) the feast H2282 of unleavened bread H4682: (thou shalt eat H398 (8799) unleavened bread H4682 seven H7651 days H3117, as I commanded H6680 (8765) thee, in the time appointed H4150 of the month H2320 Abib H24; for in it thou camest out H3318 (8804) from Egypt H4714: and none shall appear H7200 (8735) before H6440 me empty H7387:)
[16] And the feast H2282 of harvest H7105, the firstfruits H1061 of thy labours H4639, which thou hast sown H2232 (8799) in the field H7704: and the feast H2282 of ingathering H614, [which is] in the end H3318 (8800) of the year H8141, when thou hast gathered H622 (8800) in thy labours H4639 out of the field H7704.
[17] Three H7969 times H6471 in the year H8141 all thy males H2138 shall appear H7200 (8735) before H6440 the Lord H113 GOD H3068.
[18] Thou shalt not offer H2076 (8799) the blood H1818 of my sacrifice H2077 with leavened bread H2557; neither shall the fat H2459 of my sacrifice H2282 remain H3885 (8799) until the morning H1242.
[19] The first H7225 of the firstfruits H1061 of thy land H127 thou shalt bring H935 (8686) into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430. Thou shalt not seethe H1310 (8762) a kid H1423 in his mother’s H517 milk H2461.
[20] Behold, I send H7971 (8802) an Angel H4397 before H6440 thee, to keep H8104 (8800) thee in the way H1870, and to bring H935 (8687) thee into the place H4725 which I have prepared H3559 (8689).
[21] Beware H8104 (8734) of H6440 him, and obey H8085 (8798) his voice H6963, provoke H4843 (8686) him not; for he will not pardon H5375 (8799) your transgressions H6588: for my name H8034 [is] in him H7130.
[22] But if thou shalt indeed H8085 (8800) obey H8085 (8799) his voice H6963, and do H6213 (8804) all that I speak H1696 (8762); then I will be an enemy H340 (8804) unto thine enemies H341 (8802), and an adversary H6887 (8802) unto thine adversaries H6696 (8804).
[23] For mine Angel H4397 shall go H3212 (8799) before H6440 thee, and bring H935 (8689) thee in unto the Amorites H567, and the Hittites H2850, and the Perizzites H6522, and the Canaanites H3669, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983: and I will cut them off H3582 (8689).
[24] Thou shalt not bow down H7812 (8691) to their gods H430, nor serve H5647 (8714) them, nor do H6213 (8799) after their works H4639: but thou shalt utterly H2040 (8763) overthrow H2040 (8762) them, and quite H7665 (8763) break down H7665 (8762) their images H4676.
[25] And ye shall serve H5647 (8804) the LORD H3068 your God H430, and he shall bless H1288 (8765) thy bread H3899, and thy water H4325; and I will take H5493 sickness H4245 away H5493 (8689) from the midst H7130 of thee.
[26] There shall nothing cast their young H7921 (8764), nor be barren H6135, in thy land H776: the number H4557 of thy days H3117 I will fulfil H4390 (8762).
[27] I will send H7971 (8762) my fear H367 before H6440 thee, and will destroy H2000 (8804) all the people H5971 to whom thou shalt come H935 (8799), and I will make H5414 (8804) all thine enemies H341 (8802) turn their backs H6203 unto thee.
[28] And I will send H7971 (8804) hornets H6880 before H6440 thee, which shall drive out H1644 (8765) the Hivite H2340, the Canaanite H3669, and the Hittite H2850, from before H6440 thee.
[29] I will not drive them out H1644 (8762) from before H6440 thee in one H259 year H8141; lest the land H776 become desolate H8077, and the beast H2416 of the field H7704 multiply H7227 against thee.
[30] By little H4592 and little H4592 I will drive them out H1644 (8762) from before H6440 thee, until thou be increased H6509 (8799), and inherit H5157 (8804) the land H776.
[31] And I will set H7896 (8804) thy bounds H1366 from the Red H5488 sea H3220 even unto the sea H3220 of the Philistines H6430, and from the desert H4057 unto the river H5104: for I will deliver H5414 (8799) the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the land H776 into your hand H3027; and thou shalt drive them out H1644 (8765) before H6440 thee.
[32] Thou shalt make H3772 (8799) no covenant H1285 with them, nor with their gods H430.
[33] They shall not dwell H3427 (8799) in thy land H776, lest they make thee sin H2398 (8686) against me: for if thou serve H5647 (8799) their gods H430, it will surely be a snare H4170 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.’