by Septuagint
Chapter 22
[1] And if one steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep. [2] And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him. [3] But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen. [4] And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them two-fold. [5] And if any one should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard. [6] And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.
[7] And if any one give to his neighbour money r goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief be found he shall repay double. [8] But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbour’s deposit, [9] according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be, — the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbour double. [10] And if any one give to his neighbour to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know, [11] an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour’s deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation. [12] And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner. [13] And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation. [14] And if any one borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation. [15] But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.
[16] And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself. [17] And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins. [18] Ye shall not save the lives of sorcerers. [19] Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death. [20] He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.
[21] And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. [22] Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan. [23] And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice. [24] And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans. [25] And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not exact usury of him. [26] And if thou take thy neighbour’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset. [27] For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful. [28] Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of thy people. [29] Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor and press. The first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me. [30] So shalt thou do with thy calf and thy sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day thou shalt give it to me. [31] And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Chapter 23
[1] Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness. [2] Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment. [3] And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment. [4] And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him. [5] And if thou see thine enemy’s ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.
[6] Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment. [7] Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts. [8] And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words. [9] And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt. [10] Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it. [11] But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard. [12] Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed. [13] Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.
[14] Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year. [15] Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at the season of the month of new corn, for in it thou camest out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear before me empty. [16] And thou shalt keep the feast of the harvest of first-fruits of thy labours, whatsoever thou shalt have sown in thy field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of thy fruits out of thy field. [17] Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God. [18] For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning. [19] Thou shalt bring the first-offerings of the first-fruits of thy land into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in its mother’s milk. [20] And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee. [21] Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him. [22] If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries. [23] For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them. [24] Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars. [25] And thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and I will bless thy bread and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you. [26] There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days. [27] And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee. [28] And I will send hornets before thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from thee. [29] I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. [30] By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased
and inherit the earth. [31] And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee. [32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them and their gods. [33] And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee.
Chapter 24
[1] And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance. [2] And Moses alone shall draw nigh to God; and they shall not draw nigh, and the people shall not come up with them. [3] And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and be obedient. [4] And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and set up twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. [5] And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God. [6] And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar. [7] And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, All things whatsoever the Lord has spoken we will do and hearken therein. [8] And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.
[9] And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel. [10] And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity. [11] And of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat and drink. [12] And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, the law and the commandments, which I have written to give them laws. [13] And Moses rose up and Joshua his attendant, and they went up into the mount of God. [14] And to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them. [15] And Moses and Joshua went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. [16] And the glory of God came down upon the mount Sina, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud. [17] And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before the children of Israel. [18] And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Chapter 25
[1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits. [3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass, [4] and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair, [5] and rams’ skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood, [6] and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense, [7] and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe. [8] And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you. [9] And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it. [10] And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half. [11] And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about. [12] And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side. [13] And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold. [14] And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them. [15] The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark. [16] And thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee. [17] And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half. [18] And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory. [19] They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides. [20] The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory. [21] And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee. [22] And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel. [23] And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half. [24] And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.
[25] And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about. [26] And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown. [27] And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them. [28] And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them. [29] And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them. [30] And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
[31] And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece. [32] And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side. [33] And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick, [34] and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same. [35] A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds. [36] Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold. [37] And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on it the lamps, and they shall shine from one front. [38] And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold. [39] All these articles shall be a talent of pure gold. [40] See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.
Chapter 26
[1] And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver. [2] The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains. [3] And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other. [4] And thou shalt make for them loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, on one side for the coupling, and so shalt thou make on the edge of the outer curtain for the second coupling. [5] Fifty loops shalt thou make for one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the part of the curtain answering to the coupling of the second, opposite each
other, corresponding to each other at each point. [6] And thou shalt make fifty golden rings; and thou shalt join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle. [7] And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle skins with the hair on, thou shalt make them eleven skins. [8] The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins. [9] And thou shalt join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and thou shalt double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle. [10] And thou shalt make fifty loops on the border of one skin, which is in the midst for the joinings; and thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the second skin that joins it.
[11] And thou shalt make fifty brazen rings; and thou shalt join the rings by the loops, and thou shalt join the skins, and they shall be one. [12] And thou shalt fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shalt thou fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; thou shalt fold it over behind the tabernacle. [13] A cubit an this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it. [14] And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams’ skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.
