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Welcome to Reading the Bible in a Year Day 22.

Today were reading Exodus 21, Exodus 22  and Exodus 23.

Exodus Chapter 21

Exodus 21:1  The LORD gave Moses the following laws for his people:
Exodus 21:2  If you buy a Hebrew slave, he must remain your slave for six years. But in the seventh year you must set him free, without cost to him.
Exodus 21:3  If he was single at the time you bought him, he alone must be set free. But if he was married at the time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom.
Exodus 21:4  If you give him a wife, and they have children, only the man himself must be set free; his wife and children remain the property of his owner.
Exodus 21:5  But suppose the slave loves his wife and children so much that he won’t leave without them.
Exodus 21:6  Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.
Exodus 21:7  A young woman who was sold by her father doesn’t gain her freedom in the same way that a man does.
Exodus 21:8  If she doesn’t please the man who bought her to be his wife, he must let her be bought back. He cannot sell her to foreigners; this would break the contract he made with her.
Exodus 21:9  If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter.
Exodus 21:10  If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife.
Exodus 21:11  If he fails to do any of these things, she must be given her freedom without cost.
Exodus 21:12  Death is the punishment for murder.
Exodus 21:13  But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the LORD, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.
Exodus 21:14  If you plan in advance to murder someone, there’s no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.
Exodus 21:15  Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.
Exodus 21:16  Death is the punishment for kidnapping. If you sell the person you kidnapped, or if you are caught with that person, the penalty is death.
Exodus 21:17  Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.
Exodus 21:18  Suppose two of you are arguing, and you hit the other with either a rock or your fist, without causing a fatal injury. If the victim has to stay in bed,
Exodus 21:19  and later has to use a stick when walking outside, you must pay for the loss of time and do what you can to help until the injury is completely healed. That’s your only responsibility.
Exodus 21:20  Death is the punishment for beating to death any of your slaves.
Exodus 21:21  However, if the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property.
Exodus 21:22  Suppose a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting. If she isn’t badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve.
Exodus 21:23  But if she is seriously injured, the payment will be life for life,
Exodus 21:24  eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:25  burn for burn, cut for cut, and bruise for bruise.
Exodus 21:26  If you hit one of your slaves and cause the loss of an eye, the slave must be set free.
Exodus 21:27  The same law applies if you knock out a slave’s tooth–the slave goes free.
Exodus 21:28  A bull that kills someone with its horns must be killed and its meat destroyed, but the owner of the bull isn’t responsible for the death.
Exodus 21:29  Suppose you own a bull that has been in the habit of attacking people, but you have refused to keep it fenced in. If that bull kills someone, both you and the bull must be put to death by stoning.
Exodus 21:30  However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded.
Exodus 21:31  This same law applies if the bull gores someone’s son or daughter.
Exodus 21:32  If the bull kills a slave, you must pay the slave owner thirty pieces of silver for the loss of the slave, and the bull must be killed by stoning.
Exodus 21:33  Suppose someone’s ox or donkey is killed by falling into an open pit that you dug or left uncovered on your property.
Exodus 21:34  You must pay for the dead animal, and it becomes yours.
Exodus 21:35  If your bull kills someone else’s, yours must be sold. Then the money from your bull and the meat from the dead bull must be divided equally between you and the other owner.
Exodus 21:36  If you refuse to fence in a bull that is known to attack others, you must pay for any animal it kills, but the dead animal will belong to you.

Exodus Chapter 22

Exodus 22:1  If you steal an ox and slaughter or sell it, you must replace it with five oxen; if you steal a sheep and slaughter it or sell it, you must replace it with four sheep.
Exodus 22:2  But if you cannot afford to replace the animals, you must be sold as a slave to pay for what you have stolen. If you steal an ox, donkey, or sheep, and are caught with it still alive, you must pay the owner double. If you happen to kill a burglar who breaks into your home after dark, you are not guilty. But if you kill someone who breaks in during the day, you are guilty of murder.
Exodus 22:3  (SEE 22:2)
Exodus 22:4  (SEE 22:2)
Exodus 22:5  If you allow any of your animals to stray from your property and graze in someone else’s field or vineyard, you must repay the damage from the best part of your own harvest of grapes and grain.
Exodus 22:6  If you carelessly let a fire spread from your property to someone else’s, you must pay the owner for any crops or fields destroyed by the fire.
Exodus 22:7  Suppose a neighbor asks you to keep some silver or other valuables, and they are stolen from your house. If the thief is caught, the thief must repay double.
Exodus 22:8  But if the thief isn’t caught, some judges will decide if you are the guilty one.
Exodus 22:9  Suppose two people claim to own the same ox or donkey or sheep or piece of clothing. Then the judges must decide the case, and the guilty person will pay the owner double.
Exodus 22:10  Suppose a neighbor who is going to be away asks you to keep a donkey or an ox or a sheep or some other animal, and it dies or gets injured or is stolen while no one is looking.
Exodus 22:11  If you swear with me as your witness that you did not harm the animal, you do not have to replace it. Your word is enough.
Exodus 22:12  But if the animal was stolen while in your care, you must replace it.
Exodus 22:13  If the animal was attacked and killed by a wild animal, and you can show the remains of the dead animal to its owner, you do not have to replace it.
Exodus 22:14  Suppose you borrow an animal from a neighbor, and it gets injured or dies while the neighbor isn’t around. Then you must replace it.
Exodus 22:15  But if something happens to the animal while the owner is present, you do not have to replace it. If you had leased the animal, the money you paid the owner will cover any harm done to it.
Exodus 22:16  Suppose a young woman has never been married and isn’t engaged. If a man talks her into having sex, he must pay the bride price and marry her.
Exodus 22:17  But if her father refuses to let her marry the man, the bride price must still be paid.
Exodus 22:18  Death is the punishment for witchcraft.
Exodus 22:19  Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.
Exodus 22:20  Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.
Exodus 22:21  Do not mistreat or abuse foreigners who live among you. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt.
Exodus 22:22  Do not mistreat widows or orphans.
Exodus 22:23  If you do, they will beg for my help, and I will come to their rescue.
Exodus 22:24  In fact, I will get so angry that I will kill your men and make widows of their wives and orphans of their children.
Exodus 22:25  Don’t charge interest when you lend money to any of my people who are in need.
Exodus 22:26  Before sunset you must return any coat taken as security for a loan,
Exodus 22:27  because that is the only cover the poor have when they sleep at night. I am a merciful God, and when they call out to me, I will come to help them.
Exodus 22:28  Don’t speak evil of me or of the ruler of your people.
Exodus 22:29  Don’t fail to give me the offerings of grain and wine that belong to me. Dedicate to me your first-born sons
Exodus 22:30  and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. Let the animals stay with their mothers for seven days, then on the eighth day give them to me, your God.
Exodus 22:31  You are my chosen people, so don’t eat the meat of any of your livestock that was killed by a wild animal. Instead, feed the meat to dogs.

Exodus Chapter 23

Exodus 23:1  Don’t spread harmful rumors or help a criminal by giving false evidence.
Exodus 23:2  Always tell the truth in court, even if everyone else is dishonest and stands in the way of justice.
Exodus 23:3  And don’t favor the poor, simply because they are poor.
Exodus 23:4  If you find an ox or a donkey that has wandered off, take it back where it belongs, even if the owner is your enemy.
Exodus 23:5  If a donkey is overloaded and falls down, you must do what you can to help, even if it belongs to someone who doesn’t like you.
Exodus 23:6  Make sure that the poor are given equal justice in court.
Exodus 23:7  Don’t bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won’t forgive you if you do.
Exodus 23:8  Don’t accept bribes. Judges are blinded and justice is twisted by bribes.
Exodus 23:9  Don’t mistreat foreigners. You were foreigners in Egypt, and you know what it is like.
Exodus 23:10  Plant and harvest your crops for six years,
Exodus 23:11  but let the land rest during the seventh year. The poor are to eat what they want from your fields, vineyards, and olive trees during that year, and when they have all they want from your fields, leave the rest for wild animals.
Exodus 23:12  Work the first six days of the week, but rest and relax on the seventh day. This law is not only for you, but for your oxen, donkeys, and slaves, as well as for any foreigners among you.
Exodus 23:13  Make certain that you obey everything I have said. Don’t pray to other gods or even mention their names.
Exodus 23:14  Celebrate three festivals each year in my honor.
Exodus 23:15  Celebrate the Festival of Thin Bread by eating bread made without yeast, just as I have commanded. Do this at the proper time during the month of Abib, because it is the month when you left Egypt. And make certain that everyone brings the proper offerings.
Exodus 23:16  Celebrate the Harvest Festival each spring when you start harvesting your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters each autumn when you pick your fruit.
Exodus 23:17  Your men must come to these three festivals each year to worship me.
Exodus 23:18  Do not offer bread made with yeast when you sacrifice an animal to me. And make sure that the fat of the animal is burned that same day.
Exodus 23:19  Each year bring the best part of your first harvest to the place of worship. Don’t boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Exodus 23:20  I am sending an angel to protect you and to lead you into the land I have ready for you.
Exodus 23:21  Carefully obey everything the angel says, because I am giving him complete authority, and he won’t tolerate rebellion.
Exodus 23:22  If you faithfully obey him, I will be a fierce enemy of your enemies.
Exodus 23:23  My angel will lead you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
Exodus 23:24  Don’t worship their gods or follow their customs. Instead, destroy their idols and shatter their stone images.
Exodus 23:25  Worship only me, the LORD your God! I will bless you with plenty of food and water and keep you strong.
Exodus 23:26  Your women will give birth to healthy children, and everyone will live a long life.
Exodus 23:27  I will terrify those nations and make your enemies so confused that they will run from you.
Exodus 23:28  I will make the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites panic as you approach.
Exodus 23:29  But I won’t do all this in the first year, because the land would become poor, and wild animals would be everywhere.
Exodus 23:30  Instead, I will force out your enemies little by little and give your nation time to grow strong enough to take over the land.
Exodus 23:31  I will see that your borders reach from the Red Sea to the Euphrates River and from the Mediterranean Sea to the desert. I will let you defeat the people who live there, and you will force them out of the land.
Exodus 23:32  But you must not make any agreements with them or with their gods.
Exodus 23:33  Don’t let them stay in your land. They will trap you into sinning against me and worshiping their gods.

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