Justice and Mercy 1 Brenton Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness. BSB BSB: “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
2 Brenton Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment. BSB BSB: You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
3 Brenton And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment. BSB BSB: And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4 Brenton And if thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him. BSB BSB: If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
5 Brenton And if thou see thine enemy's ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him. BSB BSB: If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
6 Brenton Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment. BSB BSB: You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
7 Brenton Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts. BSB BSB: Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8 Brenton And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words. BSB BSB: Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
9 Brenton And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Sabbath Laws (Leviticus 25:1–7; Deuteronomy 15:1–6)
10 Brenton Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it. BSB BSB: For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
11 Brenton But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard. BSB BSB: but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
12 Brenton Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed. BSB BSB: For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
13 Brenton Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth. BSB BSB: Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage (Leviticus 23:1–3)
14 Brenton Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year. BSB BSB: Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
15 Brenton Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at the season of the month of new corn , for in it thou camest out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear before me empty. BSB BSB: You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
17 Brenton Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God. BSB BSB: Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
18 Brenton For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning. BSB BSB: You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
19 Brenton Thou shalt bring the first-offerings of the first-fruits of thy land into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk. BSB BSB: Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
God’s Angel to Lead (Deuteronomy 7:12–26)
20 Brenton And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee. BSB BSB: Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21 Brenton Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him. BSB BSB: Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
22 Brenton If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries. BSB BSB: But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
23 Brenton For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them. BSB BSB: For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
24 Brenton Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars. BSB BSB: You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
25 Brenton And thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and I will bless thy bread and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you. BSB BSB: So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
26 Brenton There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days. BSB BSB: No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 Brenton And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee. BSB BSB: I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
28 Brenton And I will send hornets before thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from thee. BSB BSB: I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29 Brenton I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. BSB BSB: I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
30 Brenton By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth. BSB BSB: Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
31 Brenton And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee. BSB BSB: And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32 Brenton Thou shalt make no covenant with them and their gods. BSB BSB: You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
33 Brenton And they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for if thou shouldest serve their gods, these will be an offence to thee. BSB BSB: They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”