Chapter 16

Love thy Neighbor


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In length, in weight, and in measure thou shall do no unrighteousness in judgment;

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Just balances, just weights shall thou have; I am YHVHa, thy Elohimb, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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¶ If thou meet the ox of thine enemy, or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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Thou shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him; the wages of they that are hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning;

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And if thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden and wouldest refrain from helping him, thou shalt surely help him; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report; put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

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Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearera among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ Thou shalt not treat lightly the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear me; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.

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¶ In judgment thou shall do no unrighteousness; thou shalt not disrespect the person of the poor nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou watch over thy neighbor.

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And thou shalt take no gift, accepting no bribes; for the gift blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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Thou shall keep my statutes, I am YHVH, thy Elohim.