Chapter 24

Avoid Wickedness


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Thou shalt not hate the Edomite, for these are thy brother and thy sister; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in their land.

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¶ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

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If there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of uncleannessa that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp; he shall not come within the camp;

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But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water; and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

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¶ Thou shalt have a place also without the camp whither thou shalt go forth abroad;

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And thou shalt have a shovel upon thy weapon; and it shall be that when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith and shalt turn back and covera that which cometh from thee;

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For YHVHa, thy Elohimb, walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that He see no unclean thing in thee and turn away from thee.

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¶ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servanta which is escaped from his master unto thee;

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They shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which they shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh them best; thou shalt not oppress them.

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¶ There shall be no temple prostitutes from the sons or the daughters of Israel.

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Thou shalt not bring the hire of a prostitute, be they male or female, into the house of YHVH, thy Elohim, for any oath; for it is detestablea unto YHVH, thy Elohim, to prostitute thyself in His name.

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¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother: usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.

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Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usurya; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury, that YHVH, thy Elohim, may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

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¶ And when thou shalt make an oatha unto YHVH, thy Elohim, thou shalt not slack to pay it; for YHVH, thy Elohim, will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

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But if thou shalt refrain from making any oaths, there can be no sin in thee.

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That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform, even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto YHVH, thy Elohim, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

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¶ And when thou comest into the vineyard of thy neighbor, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

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And when thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto the standing corn of thy neighbor.

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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

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¶ And if men fight one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the genitals, thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not pity her.

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¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag multiple weights, one heavy and light one;

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Thou shalt not have in thine house two measures, one larger and one smaller;

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But thou shalt have a just and accurate weighta; a just and accurate measurea, and this that thy days may be lengthened in the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee;

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For all that do such things and all that do unrighteously are detestable unto YHVH, thy Elohim.

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And if thou should commit a sin against YHVH, or do an evil thing unto thy fellow man, thou shalt go unto the Priest, wheresoever thou art,

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And between he and thee alonea shalt thou confess unto him, and shalt keep nothing back;

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And the Priest shall lay upon thee restitution, and penance, and in righteousness shall be thy judge;

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And thou shalt do that which he judgeth, according to all the words of the Toraha of YHVH, thy Elohim, and YHVH shall forgive thee thy sin, according as thy Elohim hath spoken.

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And thou shalt in all things make restitution, as the Priest judgeth thee;

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And should he require thee to confess unto the judge who sitteth in judgment, or to any who is placed in authority, or to him thou hast injured, thou shalt do it; and otherwise thy sin remaineth upon thee.