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Bible Reading for February 03

Exodus 21
[1] Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. [2] If
thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he
shall go out free for nothing. [3] If he came in by himself, he shall go
out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[4] If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go
out by himself.
[5] And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my
children; I will not go out free:
[6] Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear
through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. [7] And if a man sell
his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants
do.
[8] If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then
shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall
have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. [9] And if he
have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of
daughters.
[10] If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
[11] And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
[12] He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
[13] And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then
I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. [14] But if a man come
presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take
him from mine altar, that he may die. [15] And he that smiteth his father,
or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
[16] And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his
hand, he shall surely be put to death. [17] And he that curseth his father,
or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
[18] And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: [19] If he rise again,
and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only
he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly
healed.
[20] And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be 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 for foot, [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
manservant's tooth, or his maidservant'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:
then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but
the owner of the ox shall be quit.
[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 manservant or a maidservant; 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 own.

Exodus 22
[1] If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and 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.
[3] If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he
should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for
his theft.
[4] If the 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. [12] And if it be stolen from him,
he shall make 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. [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 betrothed, and lie with her, he
shall surely endow her to be his wife. [17] If her father utterly refuse to
give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
[18] Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. [19] Whosoever lieth with a
beast shall surely be put to death. [20] He that sacrificeth unto any god,
save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
[21] Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
[22] Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. [23] If thou
afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear
their cry;
[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. [25] If thou lend
money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as
an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. [26] If thou at all take
thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that
the sun goeth down: [27] For that is his covering only, it is his raiment
for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he
crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
[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 firstborn 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 shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in
the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

Exodus 23
[1] 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; neither shalt thou speak
in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: [3] Neither shalt thou
countenance a poor man in his cause. [4] If thou meet thine enemy's ox or
his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
[5] If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and
wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. [6] Thou
shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. [7] Keep thee far
from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I
will not justify the wicked. [8] And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift
blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [9] Also thou
shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. [10] And six years thou shalt sow
thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
[11] But 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 deal with thy vineyard, and with thy
oliveyard.
[12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid,
and the stranger, may be refreshed.
[13] And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make
no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy
mouth. [14] Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. [15]
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened
bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month
Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me
empty:)
[16] And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou
hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end
of the year, 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 sacrifice remain until the morning. [19] The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the
LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. [20]
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring
thee into the place which I have prepared. [21] Beware of him, and obey his
voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my
name is in him. [22] But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all
that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary
unto thine adversaries.
[23] For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. [24] Thou shalt not
bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou
shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
[25] And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. [26]
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
[27] I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs
unto thee.
[28] And I will send hornets before thee, which shall 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 out
before thee.
[32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. [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.

Exodus 24
[1] And 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 the people
answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said
will we do. [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 peace offerings 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 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 the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you
concerning 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 sapphire stone, 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, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was
in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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