23:1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 1 , Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest `justice':
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 2 , Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest `justice':
23:3 neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 3 , neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 4 , If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release `it' with him.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 5 , If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release `it' with him.
23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice `due' to thy poor in his cause.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 6 , Thou shalt not wrest the justice `due' to thy poor in his cause.
23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 7 , Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
23:8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 8 , And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
23:9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 9 , And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 10 , And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
23:11 but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, `and' with thy oliveyard.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 11 , but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, `and' with thy oliveyard.
23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 12 , Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 13 , And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 14 , Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
23:15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 15 , The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
23:16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 16 , and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.
23:17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 17 , Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 18 , Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
23:19 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 19 , The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
23:20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 20 , Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
23:21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 21 , Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
23:22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 22 , But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23:23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 23 , For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 24 , Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
23:25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 25 , And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
23:26 There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 26 , There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
23:27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 27 , I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
23:28 And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 28 , And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 29 , I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 30 , By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
23:31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 31 , And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 32 , Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
23:33 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.
The ASV Book of Exodus , Chapter 23 , Verse 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.