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Of unlawful marriages, &c.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Repetition of sundry laws [the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

28 That the land spue not you out also, when

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were say unto them, I am the LORD your God. before you.

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of abominations, even the souls that commit them the land of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye shall be cut off from among their people. not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that 4 Yeshall do my judgments, and keep mine ordi-ye cominit not any one of these abominable cusBauces, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. toms, which were committed before you, and 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the judgments: which if a nian do, he shall live in LORD your God.

them: I am the LORD.

GT None of you shall approach to any that is

CHAP. XIX.
Arepetition of sundry laws.

Rear of kin to him, to uncover their nakeduess: AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying.

i am the LORD.

2Speak unto all the congregation of the

7 The nakedness of thy father, or the naked-children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shali ness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover; she is be hoty: for I the LORD your God am holy. thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the BOL wacover; it is thy father's nakedness. [LORD your God.

9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of 4Tarn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether molten goda: I am the LORD your God. she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of hy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father's wife's daugh ter, begotten of thy father, (she is thy sister) thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings Junto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if anght remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear This iniquity, because he hath profaned the hal12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of lowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be thy father a sister; she is thy father's near kins-cut off from among his people.

Woman.

9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land,

13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy thy mother's sister: for she is tity mother's near|field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of kinswoman. thy harvest.

14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neithy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to ther shalt thou gather every grape of thy vine his wife: she is thine aunt. yard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God;

16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
brother's wife: It is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of all am the LORD.
woman and her daughter, neither shalt thon take
her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; for they are her near
kinswomen: it is wickedness.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall uot abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear to vex ker, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

19% Also thou shalt not approach Kato a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

20 Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy righbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the LORD. Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with Womankind: it is abomination.

thy God: I am the LORD.

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nog honour the person of the mighty: batin righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale bearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD, 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor hear any grudge 33 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile against the children of thy people, but thou shalt thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. before a beast to lie down thereto : it is confusion. 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: Thon for in all these the nations are defiled which shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: ncitast out before you : ther shall a garment mingled of linen and wool25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit len come upon thee. the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman Vomiteth out her inhabitants. that is a bond-maid betrothed to a husband, and

26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my not at all redeemed, nor freedom given kør; sho judgments, and shall not commit any of these shall be scourged: they shall not be put to deatli, abominations; neither any of your bwn nation, because she was not free. And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto

for any stranger that sojourneih among you:

27 (For all these abominations have the men of the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the

Divers laws.

LEVITICUS.

Adultery and incest. congregation, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 10 And the man that committeth adultery 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for with another man's wife, even he that committeth him with the ram of the trespass-offering before adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer the LORD for his sin which he hath done; and and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. the sin which he hath done shal! be forgiven him. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's 23 T And when ye shall come into the land, and wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: shall have planted all manner of trees for food; both of them shall surely be put to death: their then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircum-blood shall be upon them. cised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised 12 And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, unto you: it shall not be eaten of. both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

26 1 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantnient, nor observe

times.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads,
neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh
for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I
am the LORD.

29 T Do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a whore: lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 301 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

311 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

32 T Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: 1 am the LORD.

13 ¶ If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

14 ¶ And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with tire, both he and they: that there be no wickedness among you.

15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman and the beast; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman hay. ing her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall them shall be cut off from among their people. be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sis Fand of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. ter: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall

33 1 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judg-bear their iniquity. ment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they a just bin shall ye have: I am the LORD your shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, 37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

CHAP. XX.

A repetition of sundry laws.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

21 Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that nations which I cast out before you for they giveth any of his seed unto Molech, he shall committed all these things, and therefore I ab surely be put to death: the people of the land horred them. shall stone him with stones.

24 But I have said unto you,.Ye shall inherit 3 And I will set my face against that man, and their land, and I will give it unto you to possess will cut him off from among his people; because it, a land that floweth with milk and honey. I he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile am the LORD your God, which have separated my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. you from other people. 4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not;

25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and souls abominable by beast or by fowl, or by any against his family, and will cut him off, and all manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, that go a whoring after him, to commit whore- which I have separated from you as unclean. dom with Molech, from among their people. 26 And ye shall be holy unto ine: for I the LORD 61 And the soul that turneth after such as have am holy, and have severed you froni other peofamiliar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring ple, that ye should be mine." after them, I will even set my face against that 27 1 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar soul, and will cut him off from among his people. spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to 71 Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye death: they shall stone them with stones: their holy: for I am the LORD your God. blood shall be upon them.

8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them:

I am the LORD which sanctify you.

9 For every one that curseth his father or his

CHAP. XXI.
Ordinances for the priests.

mother, shall be surely put to death: he hath AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto

cursed his father or his mother: his blood shall be upon him.

the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead lamong his people:

Of the priests' mourning.

CHAP. XXIL

Who may eat holy things 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: 1 am for his mother, and for his father, and for his the LORD.

son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto leper, or hath a running issue; he shall got eat him, which hath had no husband: for her may he of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso be defiled. toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him

4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of neither shall they shave off the corner of their whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. uncleanness he hath: 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shalt not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neithershall they take a woman putaway from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profaue herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, be cause it is his food.

8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself there with: I am the LORD.

9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is boru in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; holy things. 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

13 ¶ And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

15 Neither shall he profane hus seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. 16' And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blenish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God:

12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat; but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest, with the holy thing.

15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto the LORD:

16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, 17 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, the children of Israel, and say unto them, What19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-soever he be of the house of Israel, or of the stranhanded, gers in Israel, that will offer hisoblation for all his 20 Or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a vows, and for all his free-will-offerings, which blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he hath a blemish, he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 lle shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt-offering: 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peaceofferings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-offering in beeves, or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted: there shall be

23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor
cone nigh unto the altar, because he hath a no blemish therein.
blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries:
for I the LORD do sanctify them.

24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his
sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
CHAP. XXII.

Priests' abstaining from holy things.

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

23 Either a bullock, or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou effer for a free-will-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which the children of Israel, and that they profane not is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither my holy name in those things which they hallow shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. unto me: I am the LORD. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your the bread of your God of any of these; because seed among your gencrations, that goeth unto the their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in holy things, which the children of Israel hallow them: they shall not be accepted for you. unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, 26 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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The feast of the passover.

LEVITICUS.

The day of atonement 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat is and their drink-offerings, even an offering made brought forth, then it shall be seven days under by fire of sweet savour unto the LORD. the dam; and from the eighth day and thence- 19 Then ye shall sacritice one kid of the gèats forth it shall be accepted for an offering made for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year by fire unto the LORD. for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.

28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

29 And when ye will offer a sacritice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up, ye shall keave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

32 Neither shall ye profane iny holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

CHAP. XXIII.

The solemn yearly feasts.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saving,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaiïn to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

31 Six days shall work be done : but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation: ye shall do no work therein it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their

seasons.

5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.

20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shail be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day, that it may be a holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein. It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughou your generations.

22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein; but ye shali offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflic your souls, and offer an offering made by tire unto the LORD.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day; 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonethe feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD:ment for you before the LORD your God. seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be 7.In the first day ye shall have a holy convoca-afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off tion: ye shall do no servile work therein.

from among his people.

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I des stroy from among his people.

8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation, ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31 Ye shall do no manner of work. It shall be 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say a statute for ever throughout your generations unto them, When ye be come into the land which in all your dwellings. I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereot, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, a le lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.

13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls. in the ninth day of the mouth at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

33 i And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shail be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therem. corn, nor green ears, until the self-same day 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye that ye have brought an offering unto your God: shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer It shall be a statute for ever throughout your an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burni generations in all your dwellings. offering and a mear-offering, a sacrifice, and

15 T And ye shall count unto you from the mor-drink-offerings, every thing upon his day: row after the sabbath, from the day that ye 38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven your gifts, and begides all your vows, and besides sabbaths shall be complete: all your free-will-offerings, which ye give unto

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sab-the LORD. bath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, offer a new meat-offering to the LORD. when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitatious two ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: wave-loaves of two tonthe-tleals: they shall be on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the of fine flour, they shall be baken with Jeaven, eighth day shall be a sabbath. they are the first-fruits unto the LORD.

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs toughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-irees, without blemish of the first year, and one young and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt-brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your offering unto the LORD, with their meat-offering, God seven days.

The feast of tabernacles.

CHAP. XXIV, XXV.

Sabbath of the seventh year 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD! 23 And Moses spake unto the children of Isseven days in the year. It shall be a statute for rael, that they should bring forth him that had ever in your generations; ye shall celebrate it cursed out of the camp, and stone him with in the seventh month. stones: and the children of Israel did as the Load commanded Moses.

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: .

43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when ! brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

CHAP. XXIV.

Shelomith's son blasphemeir.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying
2 Command the children of Israel, that they
bring unto thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light,
to cause the lamps to burn continually.

3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the taberpacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD Continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

4 lle shall order the lamps upon the pure can dlestick before the LORD continually.

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; two tenth-deals shall be in one cake.

CHAP. XXV.
The year of jubilee.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount

Sinai, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give yon, then shall the land keep a sabbath Ainto the LORD.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six ou 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon 8 ¶ And thou shalt uumber seven sabbaths of each row, that it may be on the bread for a memo years unto thee, seven times seven years; and rial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. the space of the seven sabbaths of years shaft 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before be unto thee forty and nine years. the LORD continually, being taken from the chil- 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the judren of Israel by an everlasting covenant. bilee to sound, on the tenth day of the seventh

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and month, in the day of atonement shall ye make they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most the trumpet sound throughout all your land. holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and by fire by a perpetual statute. proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto 10 And theson of an Israelitish woman, whose all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee father was an Egyptian, went out among the chil-nto you; and ye shall return every man unto dren of Israel; and thisson of the Israelitish woman his possession, and ye shall return every man and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: Junto his family.

11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: the name of the LORD, and cursed: and they ye shall not sow, neither reap that which grow. brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's eth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes'in it of name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of thy vine undressed.

the tribe of Dan:)

12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field the LORD might be shewed them. 13 in the year of this jubilee ye shall return

13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, every man into his possession. 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, the camp; and let all that heard him lay their or buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, yẻ hands upon his head, and let all the congregation shall not oppress one another:

stone him.

15 According to the number of years after the 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of jubilee, thon shalt buy of thy neighbour, and ac Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God eball cording unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

bear his sin.

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the 16 According to the multitude of years thon LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the shalt increase the price thereof, and according congrégation shall certainly stone him: as well to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when price of it: for according to the number of the he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. be put to death.

17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

181 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

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19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done unto him: 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

18 1 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, What all we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth aman, he shall be put to death. 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you 92 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the stranger, as for one of your own coun-for three years. try: for I am the LORD your God.

22 And ye shall sow the eighth year and cat

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