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Exodus 23:5-15
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 23:5-15
New Catholic Bible
5 When you see your enemy’s donkey lying helpless under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him alone. You must help him to release it.
6 “You shall not pervert justice for a needy person who turns to you in a dispute.
7 “Keep far away from falsehoods. Do not slay the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the wicked.
8 “Do not accept gifts, for gifts blind the clear-sighted and pervert the cause of the righteous.
9 “Do not oppress those who are sojourners, for you know the life of the sojourner because you yourselves were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
10 “For six years you shall sow the land and you shall harvest its produce, 11 but in the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow so that the needy of your people may eat of it. Whatever is left, let the beasts of the field eat it. You shall do likewise with your vineyards and your olive groves. 12 For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest so that your ox and your donkey may rest, as well as the sons of your female slaves and your sojourners.
13 “You shall take heed of all that I have said to you. Do not mention the names of other gods, nor let them be heard on your lips.
14 Feasts and Rites To Be Observed.“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast in my honor.[a]
15 “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. You must eat unleavened products for seven days, as I have commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month I brought you out of the land of Egypt. You will not appear before me empty-handed.
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- Exodus 23:14 The feasts are those of the springtime (Unleavened Bread—Passover; see Ex 12:1, 11), of the summer (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost: 34:22), and of autumn (harvest festivals or Booths: Lev 23:34-43; Deut 16:13). (See Ex 34:18-23; Num 28–29; Deut 16:1-16.)
Exodus 23:5-15
New International Version
Exodus 23:5-15
New International Version
5 If you see the donkey(A) of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
6 “Do not deny justice(B) to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(C) and do not put an innocent(D) or honest person to death,(E) for I will not acquit the guilty.(F)
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(G) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “Do not oppress a foreigner;(H) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
Sabbath Laws
10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.(I) Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 “Six days do your work,(J) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.(K)
13 “Be careful(L) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(M) do not let them be heard on your lips.(N)
The Three Annual Festivals
14 “Three times(O) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(P) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(Q) for in that month you came out of Egypt.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(R)
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