him with usury. If thou take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, see
that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sonne go down. For that
is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he
sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am
merciful. Thou shalt not rail upon the gods, neither curse the ruler of
thy people. Thy fruits (whether they be dry or moist) see thou keep not
back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me: likewise shalt thou do of
thine oxen and of thy sheep. Seven days it shall be with the dam, and
the eighth day thou shalt give it me. Ye shall be holy people unto me,
and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the
field. But shall cast it to dogs.
Chapter .xxiij.
Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a
multitude to do evil: neither answer in a matter of plea that thou
wouldest to follow many turn aside from the truth, neither shalt thou
paint a poor man's cause. When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or ass
going astray, thou shalt bring them to him again. If thou see thine
enemy's ass sink under his burthen, thou shalt not pass by and let him
alone: but shalt help him to lift him up again. Thou shalt not hinder
the right of the poor that are among you in their suit. Keep thee far
from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not,
for I will not justify the wicked. Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts
blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous. Thou shalt not
oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of stranger, because ye were
strangers in Egypt. Six years thou shalt sow thy land and gather in the
fruits thereof: and 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 do with thy
vineyard and thine olive trees. Six days thou shalt do thy work and the
seventh day thou shalt keep holy day, that thine ox and thine ass may
rest and the son of thy maid and the stranger may be refreshed. And in
all things that I have said unto you be circumspect. And make no
rehearsal of the names of strange gods, neither let any man hear them
out of your mouths. Three feasts thou shalt hold unto me in a year.
Thou shalt keep the feast of sweet bread, that thou eat unleavened
bread seven days long as I commanded thee in the time appointed of the
month of Abib, for in that month thou camest out of Egypt: and see that
no man appear before me empty. And the feast of Harvest, when thou
reapest the first fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the
field. And the feast of ingathering, in the end of the year: when thou
hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. Three times in a year
shall all thy men children appear before the Lord Iehouah. Thou shalt
not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread: neither shall
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