Exodus 23

lo tissa shema shav al-tashet yadekha im-rasha lihyot ed khamas

You must not carry false rumors; you shall not join hands with the guilty to act as a malicious witness:

lo-tihyeh akhare-rabbim lera'ot velo-ta'aneh al-riv lintot akhare rabbim lehattot

You shall neither side with the mighty to do wrong—you shall not give perverse testimony in a dispute so as to pervert it in favor of the mighty—

vedal lo tehdar berivo

nor shall you show deference to a poor person in a dispute.

ki tifga shor oyivkha o khamoro to'eh hashev teshivennu lo

When you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering, you must take it back.

ki-tireh khamor sona'akha rovets takhat massa'o vekhadalta me'azov lo azov ta'azov immo

When you see the donkey of your enemy lying under its burden and would refrain from raising it, you must nevertheless help raise it.

lo tatteh mishpat evyonekha berivo

You shall not subvert the rights of your needy in their disputes.

middevar-sheqer tirkhaq venaqi vetsaddiq al-taharog ki lo-atsdiq rasha

Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the wrongdoer.

veshokhad lo tiqqakh ki hashokhad ye'avver piqkhim visallef divre tsaddiqim

Do not take bribes, for bribes blind the clear-sighted and upset the pleas of those who are in the right.

veger lo tilkhats ve'attem yedatem et-nefesh hagger ki-gerim heyitem be'erets mitsrayim

You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.

veshesh shanim tizra et-artsekha ve'asafta et-tevu'atah

Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;

vehashevi'it tishmetennah unetashtah ve'okhlu evyone ammekha veyitram tokhal khayyat hassadeh ken-ta'aseh lekharmekha lezetekha

but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow. Let the needy among your people eat of it, and what they leave let the wild beasts eat. You shall do the same with your vineyards and your olive groves.

sheshet yamim ta'aseh ma'asekha uvayyom hashevi'i tishbot lema'an yanuakh shorekha vakhamorekha veyinnafesh ben-amatekha vehagger

Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest, and that your home-born slave and the stranger may be refreshed.

uvekhol asher-amarti alekhem tishameru veshem elohim akherim lo tazkiru lo yishama al-pikha

Be on guard concerning all that I have told you. Make no mention of the names of other gods; they shall not be heard on your lips.

shalosh regalim takhog li bashanah

Three times a year you shall hold a festival for Me:

et-khag hammatsot tishmor shivat yamim tokhal matsot ka'asher tsivvitikha lemo'ed khodesh ha'aviv ki-vo yatsata mimmitsrayim velo-yera'u fanay reqam

You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread—eating unleavened bread for seven days as I have commanded you—at the set time in the month of Abib, for in it you went forth from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty-handed;

vekhag haqqatsir bikkure ma'asekha asher tizra bassadeh vekhag ha'asif betset hashanah be'ospekha et-ma'asekha min-hassadeh

and the Feast of the Harvest, of the first fruits of your work, of what you sow in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in the results of your work from the field.

shalosh pe'amim bashanah yera'eh kol-zekhurekha el-pene ha'adon Adonai

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign, GOD.

lo-tizbakh al-khamets dam-zivkhi velo-yalin khelev-khaggi ad-boqer

You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened; and the fat of My festal offering shall not be left lying until morning.

reshit bikkure admatekha tavi bet Adonai elohekha lo-tevashel gedi bakhalev immo

The choice first fruits of your soil you shall bring to the house of the ETERNAL your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

hinneh anokhi sholeakh malakh lefanekha lishmorkha baddarekh velahavi'akha el-hammaqom asher hakhinoti

I am sending an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have made ready.

hishamer mippanayw ushema beqolo al-tammer bo ki lo yissa lefishakhem ki shemi beqirbo

Pay heed to him and obey him. Do not defy him, for he will not pardon your offenses, since My Name is in him;

ki im-shamoa tishma beqolo ve'asita kol asher adabber ve'ayavti et-oyevekha vetsarti et-tsorerekha

but if you obey him and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

ki-yelekh malakhi lefanekha vehevi'akha el-ha'emori vehakhitti vehapperizzi vehakkena'ani hakhivvi vehayevusi vehikhkhadtiv

When My angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I annihilate them,

lo-tishtakhaveh lelohehem velo to'ovdem velo ta'aseh kema'asehem ki hares teharesem veshabber teshabber matsevotehem

you shall not bow down to their gods in worship or follow their practices, but shall tear them down and smash their pillars to bits.

va'avadtem et Adonai elohekhem uverakh et-lakhmekha ve'et-memekha vahasiroti makhalah miqqirbekha

You shall serve the ETERNAL your God, who will bless your bread and your water. And I will remove sickness from your midst.

lo tihyeh meshakkelah va'aqarah be'artsekha et-mispar yamekha amalle

No woman in your land shall miscarry or be infertile. I will let you enjoy the full count of your days.

et-emati ashallakh lefanekha vehammoti et-kol-ha'am asher tavo bahem venatatti et-kol-oyevekha elekha oref

I will send forth My terror before you, and I will throw into panic all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn tail before you.

veshalakhti et-hatsirah lefanekha vegereshah et-hakhivvi et-hakkena'ani ve'et-hakhitti millefanekha

I will send a plague ahead of you, and it shall drive out before you the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites.

lo agareshennu mippanekha beshanah ekhat pen-tihyeh ha'arets shemamah verabbah alekha khayyat hassadeh

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply to your hurt.

me'at me'at agareshennu mippanekha ad asher tifreh venakhalta et-ha'arets

I will drive them out before you little by little, until you have increased and possess the land.

veshatti et-gevulkha miyyam-suf ve'ad-yam pelishtim umimmidbar ad-hannahar ki etten beyedkhem et yosheve ha'arets vegerashtamo mippanekha

I will set your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of Philistia, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and you will drive them out before you.

lo-tikhrot lahem velelohehem berit

You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.

lo yeshevu be'artsekha pen-yakhati'u otekha li ki ta'avod et-elohehem ki-yihyeh lekha lemoqesh

They shall not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me; for you will serve their gods—and it will prove a snare to you.