Exodus 23
1 not to lift: loud report vanity: false not to set: put hand your with wicked to/for to be witness violence
“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
2 not to be after many to/for distress: evil and not to answer upon strife to/for to stretch after many to/for to stretch
Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
3 and poor not to honor in/on/with strife his
When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
4 for to fall on cattle enemy your or donkey his to go astray to return: rescue to return: return him to/for him
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
5 for to see: see donkey to hate you to stretch underneath: under burden his and to cease from to leave: forsake to/for him to leave: release to leave: release with him
If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
6 not to stretch justice needy your in/on/with strife his
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 from word deception to remove and innocent and righteous not to kill for not to justify wicked
Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
8 and bribe not to take: take for [the] bribe to blind seeing and to pervert word: thing righteous
Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
9 and sojourner not to oppress and you(m. p.) to know [obj] soul [the] sojourner for sojourner to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt
Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
10 and six year to sow [obj] land: country/planet your and to gather [obj] produce her
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 and [the] seventh to release her and to leave her and to eat needy people your and remainder their to eat living thing [the] land: country so to make: do to/for vineyard your to/for olive your
But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
12 six day to make: do deed: work your and in/on/with day [the] seventh to cease because to rest cattle your and donkey your and be refreshed son: child maidservant your and [the] sojourner
[You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
13 and in/on/with all which to say to(wards) you to keep: careful and name God another not to remember not to hear: hear upon lip your
Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
14 three foot to celebrate to/for me in/on/with year
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread to keep: obey seven day to eat unleavened bread like/as as which to command you to/for meeting: time appointed month [the] Abib for in/on/with him to come out: come from Egypt and not to see: see face: before my emptily
[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
16 and feast [the] harvest firstfruit deed: work your which to sow in/on/with land: country and feast [the] ingathering in/on/with to come out: extends [the] year in/on/with to gather you [obj] deed: work your from [the] land: country
The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
17 three beat in/on/with year to see: see all male your to(wards) face: before [the] lord LORD
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 not to sacrifice upon leaven blood sacrifice my and not to lodge fat feast my till morning
When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
19 first: best firstfruit land: soil your to come (in): bring house: temple LORD God your not to boil kid in/on/with milk mother his
Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
20 behold I to send: depart messenger: angel to/for face: before your to/for to keep: guard you in/on/with way: journey and to/for to come (in): bring you to(wards) [the] place which to establish: prepare
“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
21 to keep: careful from face: before his and to hear: obey in/on/with voice his not to provoke in/on/with him for not to lift: forgive to/for transgression your for name my in/on/with entrails: among his
22 that if: except if: except to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice his and to make: do all which to speak: speak and be hostile [obj] enemy your and to provoke [obj] to vex you
But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
23 for to go: went messenger: angel my to/for face: before your and to come (in): bring you to(wards) [the] Amorite and [the] Hittite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Canaanite [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite and to hide him
My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
24 not to bow to/for God their and not to serve: minister them and not to make: do like/as deed: work their for to overthrow to overthrow them and to break to break pillar their
Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
25 and to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your and to bless [obj] food: bread your and [obj] water your and to turn aside: remove sickness from entrails: among your
You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
26 not to be be bereaved and barren in/on/with land: country/planet your [obj] number day your to fill
No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
27 [obj] terror my to send: depart to/for face: before your and to confuse [obj] all [the] people which to come (in): come in/on/with them and to give: make [obj] all enemy your to(wards) you neck
I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
28 and to send: depart [obj] [the] hornet to/for face: before your and to drive out: drive out [obj] [the] Hivite [obj] [the] Canaanite and [obj] [the] Hittite from to/for face: before your
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 not to drive out: drive out him from face: before your in/on/with year one lest to be [the] land: country/planet devastation and to multiply upon you living thing [the] land: wildlife
I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
30 little little to drive out: drive out him from face: before your till which be fruitful and to inherit [obj] [the] land: country/planet
I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
31 and to set: make [obj] border: boundary your from sea Red (Sea) and till sea (Sea of the) Philistines and from wilderness till [the] River for to give: give in/on/with hand: power your [obj] to dwell [the] land: country/planet and to drive out: drive out them from face: before your
I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
32 not to cut: make(covenant) to/for them and to/for God their covenant
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 not to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet your lest to sin [obj] you to/for me for to serve: minister [obj] God their for to be to/for you to/for snare
Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
