+ Heb.

avenged.

e Levit.

24. 20.

surely + punished.

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

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband 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

Deuter. for foot,

19.21.

Matth.

538

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: fGenes, then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

9.5

Or,

goat.

12, 6,

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give, for the ransom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him.

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

32 If the ox shall push a man-servant or maid-servant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

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

or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and

Sam. four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

Of theft, damage, trespasses, &c.

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood Before shed for him; for he should make full restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 Ifthe theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

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12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make b Genes. restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall 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 shall surely make it good.

31.395

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall 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 be- c Deut. trothed, and lie with her; he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

22. 28

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall + pay money according to the dowry of vir- + Heb. gins.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be

put to death.

weigh.

d Deut.

20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto 13. 13, the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

e

14,15, 1 Mac,

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor op- 2. 24 press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. e Levit. 22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 19. 33. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at 7.10. all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

23

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

f Zech,

g Levit.

people that Deute

25 If thou lend money to any is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, 3.19 neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

h Acts

23.5.

|| Or,

judges.

+ Heb.

thy ful

ness.

+ Heb.

tear.

i Chap.

✔goeth down:

13. 2, 12.

& 34. 19.

1

Of the blood and fat of the sacrifice. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: Before (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I com- 1 manded thee, in the time appointed of the month

none shall appear before me empty :)

CHRIST

13. 6. & 34. 18.

28 Thou shalt not revile the || gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer + the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy + liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: * neither

16. 16.

16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy g Deut. labours, which thou hast sown in thy field; and the Ecclus. feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, 35. 4. when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my || sa-feast. crifice remain until the morning.

h Chap.

19h The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou 34. 26.

22.8.

Ezekiel ye shall cast it to the dogs.

44, 31.

Or,

receive.

CHAP. XXIII.

1 Laws concerning slander and false witness: 4 charitableness: 6 justice: 10 the year of rest: 12the sabbath: 13idolatry: 14 the three set feasts: 18 the blood and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angel is promised for a guide. THOU shalt not || raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; + Heb. neither shalt thou + speak in a cause to decline after

28 And P L will send hornets before thee, which shall 24. 12 drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them q Chap.

CHRIST 1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The people pro

mise obedience. 4 Moses buildeth an altar and twelve pillars. 9 The glory of God appeareth. 12 Moses being called up into the mount, Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people. 15 Moses goeth into the mount, and continueth there forty days and forty nights.

A ND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD,

thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy

of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

3

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all a Ver. 7. the people answered with one voice, and said, a All Chap the words which the Lord hath said will we do.

19, 8.

5.27.

Deuter. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peaceofferings of oxen unto the LORD.

6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read b. Ver. 3. in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on Hebr. the people, and said, Behold the blood of the coveI Peter nant, which the Lord hath made with you concern

9.20.

1, 2,

d Chap.

ing all these words.

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphirestone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud,

29. and gat him up into the mount: and d Moses was in Deuter. the mount forty days and forty nights.

1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the ta- 1491. bernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy-seat with the cherubims. 23 The table with the furniture thereof. 31 The candlestick with its instruments. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they + Heb. + bring me an || offering: of every man that giveth take for it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

me.

|| Or,

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of heavethem; gold, and silver, and brass,

offering.

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and || fine linen, a Chap. and goats' hair,

35.5.

|| Or,

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, sille. and shittim-wood,

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for/ sweet incense,

b Chap,

7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the bephod, 28.1 and in the breastplate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

c Chap.

28.15.

d Chap.

10 And they shall make an ark of shittim-wood: 37. 1. two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: within and without shalt thou overlay it; and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold: of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Before of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee CHRIST in commandment unto the children of Israel.

37.10.

23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittimChap. wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Or, to

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand-breadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof..

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, pour out || to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread before me alway.

withal.

37.17.

g Chap. 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

54 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall || light the lamps thereof, that they cavend may give light over against † it.

|| Or,

+ Heb.

to

the face

of it.

h Acts

7.44.

Hebr.

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, † which was shewed thee in the mount.

8. 5. + Heb. which thou wast caused to see.

† Heb.

the work

of a cunning

MOREOVER, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, man, or, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims † of cunning derer, work shalt thou make them.

The tabernacle and its appurtenances.

CHRIST

2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twen- Before ty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: 1491. and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold one of another.

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

7

And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair, to be a covering upon the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make.

8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which coupleth

17 Two + tenons shall there be in one board, set in + Heb. order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, there shall be twenty boards,

21 And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

twined.

a Chap.

25.9, 10.

Acts

7.44.

Hebr.

8.5.

it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle, according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and & carlet, and fine twined linen, of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made;

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold upon the four sockets of silver.

33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work.

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold; and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

A

CHAP. XXVII.

1 The altar of burnt-offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure of the court, &c.

AND thou shalt make an altar of shittim-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; his horns shall be of the same : and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof,

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with brass.

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

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+ Heb.

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it as it he shewwas shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. ed.

9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen, of an hundred cubits long, for one side.

10 And the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty sockets, shall be of brass: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

12 And for the breadth of the court, on the west side, shall be hanging of fifty cubits: their pillars ten,

and their sockets ten.

13 And the breadth of the court on the east side. eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hangings, fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

fifty by

18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth + fifty every where, and the Heb. height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets fifty. of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp + to burn always.

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXVIII.

1 Aaron and his four sons are set apart for the priest's office. 2 Holy garments are appointed. 6 The ephod. 15 The breastplate with twelve precious stones. 30 The Urim and Thummim; of Aaron's entry into the sanctuary. 31 The robe of the ephod with pomegranates and bells. 36 The plate of the mitre. 39 The em broidered coat. 40 The garments for Aaron's sons.

AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's

+ Heb. to ascenc

up.