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Jethro's counsel.

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19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counfel, and God fhall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayft bring the caufes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and fhalt fhew them the way wherein they muft walk, and the work that they must do.

21 Moreover, thou fhalt provide out of all the people, able men, fuch as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufnefs; and place fuch over them, to be rulers of thoufands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22 And let them judge the people at all feafons: and it fhall be, that every great matter they fhall bring unto thee, but every fmall matter they fhall judge: So fhall it be cafier for thy felf, and they fhall bear the burden with thee.

23 If thou fhalt do this thing, and God command thee fo, then thou fhalt be able to endure, and all this people fhall alfo go to their place in peace.

24 So Mofes hearkned to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had faid.

25 And Mofes chofe able men out of all Ifrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thoufands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26 And they judged the people at all feafons: the hard caufes they brought unto Mofes, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 And Mofes let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

CHAP. XIX.

Gods meffage by Mofes,

the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, faying, Thus fhalt thou fay to the houfe of Jacob, and tell the children of Ifrael;

4 Ye have feen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles wings, and brought you unto my felf.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye fhall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth mine.

6 And ye fhall be unto me a kingdom of priefts, and an holy nation. Thefe are the words which thou fhalt fpeak unto the children of Ifrael.

7 And Mofes came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all chefe words which the LORD commanded him.

8 And all the people answered toge ther, and faid, All that the LORD hath fpoken, we will do. And Mofes returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I fpeak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mofes told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go unto the people, and fanctifie them to day and to morrow, and let them wath their clothes,

11 And be ready againft the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the fight of all the people, upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou fhalt fet bounds unto the people round about, faying, Take heed to your felves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whofoever toucheth the mount, fhall be furely put to death.

13 There fhall not an hand touch it, but he fhall furely be ftoned or fhot through; whether it be beaft or man, 1 The people come to Sinai. 3 Gods mef-it fhall not live: when the trumpet Sage to the people out of the mount: foundeth loug, they hall come up to the

8 Their answer returned.

Nthe third month, when the child the land of Egypt, the fame day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the defert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wildernefs, and there Ifrael camped before the

mount.

? And Mofes went up unto God, and

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14 Mofes went from

the mount and the people, and fanalfied the people, and they washed their clones.

15 And he faid unto the people, Be ready against the third day: "come not at your wives.

16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick - cloud

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out of the mount.

Chap. xx.

The ten commandments. cloud upon the mount, and the voice 6 And ewing mercy unto thousands of the trumpet exceeding loud; fo that of them that love me, and keep my all the people that was in the camp, commandments. 'trembled.

17 And Mofes brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they ftood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a fmoke, because the LORD defcended upon it in fire: and the fmoke thereof afcended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet founded long, and waxed louder and louder, Mofes fpake, and God anfwered him by a voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Mofes up to the top of the mount, and Mofes went up. 21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go down, charge the people, left they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests alfo which come near to the LORD, fan&tifie themselves, left the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou charged ft us, faying, Set bounds about the mount, and fanctifie it. 24 And the LORD faid unto him, A way, get thee down,and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, left he break forth upon them.

25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and fpake unto them. CHA P.

XX.

1 The ten commandments. 22 Idolatry forbidden. 24 Of what fort the altar Should be.

Nd God fpake all these words,

A faying,

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the houfe of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

5 Thou shalt not bow down thy felf to them, nor ferve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ;

7 Thou fhalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the fabbath-day, to keep

it holy.

Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all thy work.

10 But the feventh day is the fabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou fhale not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates.

11 For in fix days the LORD made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the LORD bleffed the fabbath-day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mo ther: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not coyet thy neighbours houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbours.

18 And all the people faw the thundrings, and the lightnings, and the noife of the trumpet, and the mountain fmoking: and when the people faw it, they removed, and ftood afar off.

19 And they faid unto Mofes, Speak thon with us, and we will hear: but let not God fpeak with us, left we die.

20 And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye fin not.

21 And the people ftood afar off, and Mofes drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Thus thou fhalt fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have feen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye fhall not make with me gods of filver, neither fhall ye make unto you gods of gold.

24 Analtarofearth thou shalt make unto me, and halt facrifice thereon thy

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one, thou shalt not build it of -ne: for if thou lift up thy tool thou haft polluted it. ither fhalt thou go up by fteps e altar, that thy nakednefs be vered thereon. CHAP XXL

Er men-fervants 7 for women 5. 12. for man-flaughter, 17 and ers of parents, &c. thefe are the judgments which ou fhalt fet before them. ou buy an Hebrew fervant, fix hall ferve: and in the feventh go out free for nothing.

e came in by himself, he fhall himself: if he were mar his wife fhall go out with

s mafter have given him a wife, have born him fons or daughwife and her children fhall be ers, and he fhall go out by him

I if the fervant fhall plainly e my mafter, my wife, and my I will not go out free: n his mafter fhall bring him undges; he fhall alfo bring him to or unto the door-poft: and his all bore his ear through with and he fhall ferve him for ever. nd if a man fell his daughter to -fervant, fhe fhall not go out n-fervants do.

ne please not her mafter, who trothed her to himself, then let her be redeemed: To fell a ftrange nation he fhall have -, feeing he hath dealt deceither.

if he have betrothed her unto ne fhall deal with her after the f daughters.

e take him another wife; her raiment, and her duty of marI he not diminish.

d if he do not these three unto fhall fhe go out free without

He that fmiteth a man fo that all be turely our to death.

his mother, fhall be furely put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and felleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he fhall furely be put to death.

17 And he that curleth his father, or his mother, fhall furely be put to death.

18 And if men ftrive together, and one fmite another with a ftone, or with his fift, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

19 If he rife again, and walk abroad upon his ftaff, then fhall he that fmote him, be quit: only he fhall pay for the lofs of his time, and fhall caufe him to be throughly healed.

20 And if a man fmite his fervant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he fhall not be punished : for he is his money.

22 If men ftrive, and hurt a woman with child, fo that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be furely punished,accorde ing as the womans hufband will lay upon him ; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, ftripe for ftripe.

26 And if a man fmite the eye of his fervant, or the eye of his maid, that it perith; he fhall let him go free for his eyes fake.

27 And if he fmite out his man-fervants tooth, or his maid-servants tooth; he fhall let him go free for his tooths fake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die: then the ox fhall be furely ftoned, and his flesh fhall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox fball be quit.

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been teftified to his owner, and heath nor kept him in. but that he hath kit

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Chap. xxii. money, then he shall give for the ranfom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a fon, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment fhall it be done unto him.

32 If the ox fhall pufh a man-fervant, or maid-fervant; he fhall give unto their mafter thirty fhekels of filver, and the ox fhall be ftoned.

33 And if a man fhall open a pit, or if a man fhall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ex or an afs fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit fhall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beaft fhall be his.

35 And if one mans ox hurt anothers that he die, then they fhall fell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead ox alfo they fhall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time paft, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall furely pay ox for ox, and the dead fhall be his own.

CHAP. XXII.

1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trefpaffes. 14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft, &c.

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Fa man fhall fteal an ox or a fheep,and kill it, or fell it; he fhall reftore five oxen for an ox, & four fheep for a fheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be fmitten that he die, there shall no blood be feed for him.

3 If the fun be rifen upon him, there fball be blood feed for him: for he should make full reftitution; if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or afs, or fheep; he fhall reftore double.

5If a man fhall caufe a field or vineyard to be eaten, and fhall put in his beaft, and fhall feed in another mans field of the beft of his own field, and of the beft of his own vineyard shall he make reftitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, fo that the ftacks of corn, or the ftanding-corn, or the field be confumed therewith; he that kindled the fire, fhall Lurely make reftitution.

7If a man fhall deliver unto his neighbour money or ftuff to keep, and it be ftolen out of the mans houfe; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the inafter of the house fhall be brought nto the judges, to fee whether he have

and ordinances. put his hand unto his neighbours goods, 9 For all manner of trefpafs, whether it be for ox, for afs, for fheep, for raiment or for any manner of loft thing, which another challengeth to be his the caufe of both parties fhall come before the judges; and whom the judges fhall condemn,he fhall pay double unto his neigh bour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neigh bour an afs, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beaft to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man feeing it:

II Then fhall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods: and the owner of it fhall accept thereof, and he fhall not make it good.

12 And if it be ftolen from him, he hall make reftitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witnefs, and he fhall not make good that which was torn.

14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it; he fhalk furely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he fhall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maid that! is not betrothed, and lie with her; he thall furely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refufe to give her unto him, he fhall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not fuffer a witch to live.

19 Whofoever lieth with a beaft, fhall furely be put to death.

20 He that facrificeth unto any god, fave unto the LORD only, he fhall be ut terly deftroyed.

21 Thou shalt neither vex a ftranger, nor opprefs him: for ye were stran gers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye fhall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23 If thou affli&t them in any wife, and they cry at all unto me: I will furely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath fhall wax hot, and I will kill you with the fword; and your wives fhall be widows, and your children fatherlefs.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an ufurer, neither fhalt thou lay upon him ufury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbours raimee

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raiment to pledge, thou fhalt deliver it unto him by that the fun goedh down:

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he fleep? and it fhall come to pafs, when he criech unto me, that I will hear: for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, not curfe the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the firft of thy ripe fruits and of thy liquors: the firft-born of thy fons fhalt thou give

unto me.

30 Likewife fhalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy fheep: feven days it fhall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye fhall be holy men unto me: neither thall ye eat any fleth that is torn of beafts in the field: ye fhall caft it to the dogs.

CHA P. XXIII

1 Of flander and falfe witness. 12 Of the Sabbath. 13 Of idolatry. 20 A bleffing promifed to the obedient.

Toufhalt not raife a falfe report

Hou fhalt not raise a falfe report:

to be an unrighteous witness.

and ordinances.

12 Six days thou fhalt do thy work, and on the feventh day thou fhalt reft: that thine ox and thine afs may reft, and the fon of thy handmaid, and the ftranger may be refreshed.

13 And in all things that I have faid unto you, be circumfpe&t: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

14 Three times thou shalt keep a feaft unto me in the year.

15 Thou fhalt keep the feaft of unleavened bread: thou fhalt eat unleavened bread feven days, as I commanded thee in the time appointed of the month Abib: for in it thou cameft out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty :

16 And the feaft of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou haft fown in the field: and the feaft of ingathering which is in the end of the year, when thou haft gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males fhall appear before the LORD

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18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of

2 Thou shalt not follow a multi-my facrifice with leavened bread, neither tude to do evil; neither fhalt thou fpeak fhall the fat of my facrifice remain until in a caufe to decline after many, to wreft the morning. judgment:

3 Neither halt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

4 if thou meet thine enemies ox or his afs going aftray, thou fhalt furely bring it back to him again.

5 If thou fee the afs of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldft forbear to help him; thou shalt furely help with him.

Thou fhalt not wreft the judgment of the poor in his cause.

7 Keep thee far from a falfe matter: and the innocent and righteous flay thou not: for I will not juftifie the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wife, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9Alfo thou shalt not opprefs a ftranger: for ye know the heart of a ftranger, feeing ye were ftrangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And fix years thou fhalt fow thy land, and fhalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the feventh year thou shalt let it reft, and lie ftill; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave, the beafts of the field fhall eat. In like anner thou fhalt deal with thy vineard, and with thy olive-yard.

19 The firft of the firft-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the houfe of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not feethe a kid in his mothers milk.

20 Behold, I fend 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 tranfgreffions: for my name is

in him.

22 But if thou fhalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I fpeak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adveríary unto thine adverfaries

23 For mine Angel fhall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Je bufites: and I will cut them off.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor ferve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly over throw them, and quire break down their images.

25 And ye fhall ferve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water and I will take fickness a way from the midst of thee.

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