it be stolen out os the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house (hall be brought unto the judges, to fee whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of loll thing which aitother challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties (hall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 Then mail an oath of the Lo R D be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14 qj And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make/V good: if it be an hired thing, it came for nis hire.

16 fl And isa man entice 2 maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 «J Thou shalt not suffer a witch to rive.

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast mail surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrisiceth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he snail be utterly destroyed.

11 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

12 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

13 If thou afflict them in any wife, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

a j If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by, thee, thou (halt

not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou (halt deliver it unto him by that the fun goeth down:

27 For that is his covering only, it ir his raiment for his (kin: wherein strait he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30 Likewise ."halt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that ir torn of beast* in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

CHAP. XXIII. 1 Of/lander and false witness. 2 Ofother offences and duties, Io An angel promised, -with a bleffbig, if they obey him. THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2 qy Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou speak in a cause, to decline after many, to wrest judgement:

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it Back to him again.

5 Is thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him; thou shalt surely help with him.

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement os thy poor in his cause.

7 Keep thee far from a false matter: and the innocent and righteous flay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take n« gift: for the gift blindeth die wise, and pervert eth the words of the righteous.

9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land.andfhaltgatherin the fruits thereof:

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave, the beasts of the field ttuul eat. In like

manner

sutso- thoa shalt deal with thy v inc'ird, asj with thy oiiveyard.

ii Six days thou lhalt do \hy work, tsd oa the seventh day thou lhalt i-est: tka chine ox and thine ass may rest, md the ion of thine handmaid, and the isaager, may be retreihed.

i j And in all ihint's that I have said 383 you be circumspect: and make no saeatKn of the name of other gods, neitser kt it be heard out of thy mouth.

i+Three times thou (halt keep a feast csto me in the year.

I 5 Tbou shalt keep the feast of unlea*eaed 'oread: (thou In ait eat unleavened ar tad seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou earnest out from Egypt: and none (hall appear before me

empty.)

iS And tie feast of harvest, the firstfruiti of thy labours, which thou hast Sanaa in thy field: and the feast of in gathering =which is in the end of the war, when thou hast gathered in thy kbourc out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy isate iVill appear before the Lord God. i5 Thou {halt not offer the blood of ■sr jacrifice with leavened bread; neitha Suil the fat of my sacrifice remain aaal the morning.

19 The first of the nrstfruits of thy had thou (halt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou lhalt not feetse the kid in his mother's milk.

so tf Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

si Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is m him.

11 Rat if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adver&ry unto thine adversaries. 15 For mine angel (hall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amoritej, and the Hittites, and the Perizzitcs, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

»+Thou lhalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their nwks: but thou (halt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their usages.

J^ And ye (hall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water: and 1 will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

16 There (hall nothing cast thenyoung, nor be barren in thy land: the number of thy days 1 will fulfil.

27 1 will lend my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou (halt come, and 1 will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

28 And I will fend hornets before thee, which (hall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from be fore thee. .

29 I wHl not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the held multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until tliou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And 1 will set thy bounds from the Red sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the) river: for I will deliver the inhabitant* of the land into your hand; and thou lhalt drive them- out before thee.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They (hall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

CHAP. XXIV. 1 Moses is called, up into Me mountain. 3 The people promise obedience 6 Moset sprinhleth the blood of the covenant. 15 He goeth up into the mount.

AN D he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off*

2 And Most s alone (hall come near the Lord: but they (hall not come nigh; neither (hall the people go up with him.

3 ff And Moses came and told the.people all the words ot" the Lord, and all the judgements: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, AH the words which the Lo a D hath (aid will we do. '• •

4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lo R D , and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, aud twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And he sent younij men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and (acrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.

6 ^f And Moses took half of theblood> and put it in basons; and half of the bloort he sprinkled on the altar.

7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in.the audience of the

people: The ark, and mercy seat.

people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lo R D hath made with you concerning all these words.

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there <was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. i

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: allb they saw God, and did eat and drink.

ii And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayeft teach them.

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Josliua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14. And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15 1J And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered tne mount.

16 And the glory of the Lo R D abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud coverea it fix days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord ivas like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

CHAP. XXV. t The offering for the tabernacle. 10 TJie form of the ar h. 17 The mercy feat. 13 The table. 31 The candlestick.

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, faying, s Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with hi* heart, ye shall take my offering.

3 And thisiV the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, ana brass,

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair',

5 And rams' (kins dyed red, and. bad £ ers' skins, and ihittim wood,

6 Oil for the light, spices for anoint ing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set i the ephod and in the breastplate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I shew thee after the pattern of the tabernacle, an the pattern of all the instruments there of, even 1« (hall ye make it.

10 (J And they shall make an ark q shittim wood: two cubits and a has Jhall be the length thereof, and a cubi and a half the breadth thereof,. and; cubit and a half the height thereof.

11 And thou (halt overlay it with pun gold, within and without (halt thou overlay it: and shalt make upon it a, crowr of gold round about.

11 And thou (halt cast four rings ol gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings Jhall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 And thou (halt make staves as shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the fides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

15 The staves (hall.be in the rings of the ark •. they (hall not be taken from it.

16 And thou (halt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

17 *J And thou shalt make a mercy seat «/"pure gold: two cubits and a half Jhall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims ofgo\A: of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

79 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall yc make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth t/teir wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces jhall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

at And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I (hall give thee.

»* And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee, from above the mercy seat, from bet\yeen the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I

rZ\ gire thee in commandment unto sc children of Israel.

13 f Thou (halt also make a table os fertnsi wood: two cubits /hall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth rkreof, and a cubit and a half the height taerecf.

i+ And thou (halt overlay it with pure geM, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

j; And thou malt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, aed thou (halt make a golden crown to ta* border thereof round about.

;4And thoa thalt make for it four rings efgold.and put the rings in the four corners that art on the four feet thereof.

17 Over against the border shall the riags be, for places of the staves to bear 4e table.

*» And thoo (halt make the staves o/sti it 6m wood, aid overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them, ja Aad thou shalt make the dilhes tiercel, and spoons thereof, and covers rhereof.and bowls thereof, to co ver withal: sf pure gold flialt thou make them. ^o And thou shalt set upon the table

Bseanrad before me alway. jt f And thou (halt make a candle

fixi:.''pure gold: of beaten work (hall

fir caidlestick be made: his (haft, and bis fcnr.ches, bis bowls, his knops, and Jus towers, ihall be of the fame.

\i And six branches mail come out of the dies of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one fide, and three branches of the candlestick out ef the other side:

35 Three bowls made like unto alaonds, icitka. knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, •with a knop aad a Sower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34 And in the candlestick/W/ be four bowls made like unto almonds, ivit/i tfceir knops and their flowers.

15 And there/hall be a knop under two branches of the fame, and a knep under two branches of the fame, and a knop under two branches of the fame, according to the six branches that proceed out efthe candlestick.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the fame: all of it/hall be one beaten work as pure gold.

37 And thou malt make the seven lamp: thereof: and they shall light the fataipj thereof, that they may give light

wragainst it. 3! And the tongs thereof, and the

snufF dilhes thereof Jhall be e/"pure gold.

39 Of a talent of pure gold (hall he make it, with all these vessels.

40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was (hewed thee in the mount.

CHAP. XXVI.

1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 31

The wail for the ark.

MOREOVER, thou (halt make the tabernacle -with ten curtains of sine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: tuith cherubims of cunning work (halt thou make them.

» The length of one curtain /hall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth ofonecurtain four cubits: and every on» of the curtains shall have one measure.

3 The five curtains lhall be coupled together one to another; and other fiv« curt;\ms/lia/l be coupled one to another.

4 And thou (halt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain- from the selvedge 111 the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5 Fifty loops (halt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops (halt thou make in the edge of the curtain that it in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

6 And thou (halt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it (hall be one tabernacle.

7And thoufhaltmakecurtai^so/'goats, hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains (halt thou make.

X The length of one curtain /hall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains Jhall be all of one measure.

9 And thou (halt couple five curtains by themselves, and fix curtain* by themselves, and (halt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

I o And thou (halt m»ke fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

II And thou (halt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

1 x And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that" remaineth (hall hang over thp back side of the tabernacle.

13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which The tabernacle.

rernaineth in the length pf the curtains of the tent, it (hall Jiang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side, aud on that side, to cover it.

14 And thou (halt make a covering for the tent o/rams' (kins dyed red, and a covering above o/'badgers' (kins. , 15 And thou (halt make boards for the tabernacle of stiittim wood standing up. . 16 Ten cubits /hall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half Jhall be the breadth of one board.

17 Two tenons Jhall there be in one board, let in order one against another: thus (halt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And thou (halt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side, southward.

. 19 And thou (halt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board tor his two tenons,, and two lockets under another board for his two tenons.

10 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side, there Jhall be twenty boards:

11 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

23 And two boards (halt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two (ides.

24 And they (hall be coupled together beneath, and they (hall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus (hall it be for them both; they (hall be for the two coiners.

■ 25 And they (hall be eight boards, and their sockets ^'silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26 And thou (halt make bars os fhittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

27 And five bars for the boards of the other fide of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards (hall reach from end to end.

29 And thou (halt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings o/gold for places for the bars: and thou lhalt overlay the bars with gold.

30 And thou (halt rear up the tabernacle according to the falhicn thereof, which was (hewed thee in the mount.

j 1 $ And thou (halt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine

twined lineu of cunning work: wit cherubims (lull it be made:

3a And thou tlialt hang it upon sou pillars of (hittim mjood, overlaid wit gold: their hooks Jludl be of gold, upo the (our sockets of silver.

3 3 And thou shalt hang up the vail unde the tarhes, that thou may est bring in tli i ther within the vail the ark of the testi mony: and the vail (hall divide unto yo between theholy^/slcrand themoft holy

34 And thou (halt put the mercy sea upon the ark of the testimony, in th most holy place.

35 And thou (halt set the table with out the vail, and the candlestick ove against the table on the side of the taber nacle toward the (buth: and thou (ha] put the table on the north side.

36 And thou (halt make an hanginj for the door of the tent, of blue, an< purple, and scarlet, and fine twined li nen, wrought with needlework.

37 And thou (halt make for the hang ing five pillars o/~lliittim ivood, and over lay them with gold, and their hooksy*<7, be o/gold.: and thou (halt cast five sock ets of brass for them.

CHAP. XXVII. 1 The altar of burnt offering, with th •vejselt. 9 The court of the tabernacle 20 The oil for the lamp.

AND thou (halt make an altar 0 (hittim wood, five cubits long, an< five cubits broad; the altar (hall be four square: and the height thereof Jhall b three cubits.

2 And thou (halt make the horns o it upon the four corners thereof: hi horns shall be of the fame: and thoi (halt overlay it with brass.

3 And thou (halt make his pans to re ceive his ashes, and his (hovels, and hi basons, and his ftelhhooks, and his fire pans: all the vessels thereof thou lhal makes/'brass.

4 And thou (halt make for it a grat of network of brass; and upon the ne (halt thou make four brasen rings inthi four corners thereof.

5 And thou (halt put it under tin compass of the altar beneath, that the ne may be even to the midst of the altar.

6 And thou (halt make staves for thi altar, staves of (hittim wood, and over lay them with brass.

7 And the staves (hall be put into thi rings, and the staves (hall be upon th two sides of the altar to bear it.

8 Hollow with boards (halt thou maki it: as it was (hewed thee in thi mount, so shall they make it.