Ezekiel 20:11 References
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"I gave them My astatutes and informed them of My ordinances, by bwhich, if a man observes them, he will live.
a Exodus 20:1-26, Exodus 21:1-36, Exodus 22:1-31, Exodus 23:1-33
Exodus 20
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Then God spoke all these words, saying,
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"aYou shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
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"aYou shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a bjealous God, cvisiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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"aYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
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but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it ayou shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
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"aFor in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
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"aHonor your father and your mother, that your bdays may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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"aYou shall not covet your neighbor's house; byou shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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aAll the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
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aThen they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."
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Moses said to the people, "aDo not be afraid; for God has come in order bto test you, and in order that cthe fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin."
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that aI have spoken to you from heaven.
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'aYou shall not make other gods besides Me; bgods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.
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'You shall make aan altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your bburnt offerings and your cpeace offerings, dyour sheep and your oxen; in every place ewhere I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
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'If you make an altar of stone for Me, ayou shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.
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'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that ayour nakedness will not be exposed on it.'
Exodus 21
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"If you buy aa Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.
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"If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
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"If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone.
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"But aif the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,'
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then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.
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"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.
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"If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
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"If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or aher conjugal rights.
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"If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
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"aBut if he did not lie in wait for him, but bGod let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.
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"aIf, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even from My altar, that he may die.
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"He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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"aHe who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.
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"If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed,
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if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and shall take care of him until he is completely healed.
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"If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.
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"If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him, and he shall apay as the judges decide.
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burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
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"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
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"And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.
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"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, athe ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.
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"If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
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"If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.
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"Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
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"If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master athirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
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"If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
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the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.
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"If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox.
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"Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.
Exodus 22
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"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and afour sheep for the sheep.
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"If the athief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.
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"But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be asold for his theft.
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"If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, ahe shall pay double.
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"If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
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"If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.
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"aIf a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.
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"If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before athe judges, to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor's property.
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"For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, 'This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before athe judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
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"If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking,
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an aoath before the Lord shall be made by the two of them that he has not laid hands on his neighbor's property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
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"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
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"If it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.
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"If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.
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"If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.
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"aIf a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
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"If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the adowry for virgins.
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and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, aand your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
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"aIf you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him binterest.
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"If you ever take your neighbor's cloak aas a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
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for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that awhen he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for bI am gracious.
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"aYou shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. bThe firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
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"aYou shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; bon the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
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"aYou shall be holy men to Me, therefore byou shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Exodus 23
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"aYou shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a bmalicious witness.
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"You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to apervert justice;
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"aIf you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.
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"aKeep far from a false charge, and bdo not kill the innocent or the righteous, for cI will not acquit the guilty.
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"aYou shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
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"aYou shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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but on the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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"aSix days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.
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"Now aconcerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and bdo not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.
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"You shall observe athe Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the bmonth Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And cnone shall appear before Me empty-handed.
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"Also you shall observe athe Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year bwhen you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.
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"aYou shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; bnor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.
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"Behold, I am going to send aan angel before you to guard you along the way and bto bring you into the place which I have prepared.
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"Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; ado not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since bMy name is in him.
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"But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then aI will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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"aFor My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.
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"aYou shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; bbut you shall utterly overthrow them and break their csacred pillars in pieces.
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"aBut you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and bI will remove sickness from your midst.
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"There shall be no one miscarrying or abarren in your land; bI will fulfill the number of your days.
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"I will asend My terror ahead of you, and bthrow into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will cmake all your enemies turn their backs to you.
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"I will send ahornets ahead of you so that they will bdrive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.
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"aI will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
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"I will drive them out before you alittle by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.