Exodus 23 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 “You shall not spread a shawaa (vanity) shamai (report). Don't join your yad (hand) with the rashai (wicked) to be a malicious id (until / as far as).

2 “You shall not achar (other) a crowd to do rai (evil); neither shall you inah (answer / respond) in court to side with a rab (multitude) to natah (pervert) justice;

3 Neither shall you favor a dal (poor) man in his rayab (cause).

4 “If you pagai (meet) your ayab (enemy) shawar (ox) or his donkey thaih (going) astray, you shall shawab (turn) shawab (turn) it back to him again.

5 If you raah (see / saw) the donkey of him who shanaa (hate) you rabatz (fallen) down under his mashaa (burden), don't izab (leave) him, you shall izab (surely) izab (help) him with it.

6 “You shall not deny mashapat (justice) to your abayawan (poor) rayab (people) in their lawsuits.

7 “Rachaq (keep) far from a shaqar (false) charge, and don't harag (kill) the naqay (innocent) and tzadayaq (righteous): for I will not justify the rashai (wicked).

8 “You shall laqach (take / seize) no shachad (bribe), for a shachad (bribe) iwar (blinds) those who have sight and salap (perverts) the dabaray (words) of the tzadayaq (righteous).

9 “You shall not lachatz (oppress) an gar (sojourner / stranger / foreigner), for you yadai (know) the napash (soul) of an gar (sojourner / stranger / foreigner), kay (surely) you were garayam (aliens) in the aratz (Earth/land) of Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt).

10 “For shash (six) shanayam (two) you shall zarai (sow) your aratz (Earth/land), and shall asap (gather) in its thabawaah (increase),

11 But the shabayaiy (seventh) year you shall let it shamat (rest) and natash (lie) fallow, that the abayawan (poor) of your im (nation / people) may akal (eat); and yathar (what) they leave the animal of the shadah (field) shall akal (eat). In the same way, you shall ishah (make) with your karam (vineyard) and with your zayath (olive) grove.

12 “Shash (six) yamayam (days) you shall ishah (make) your maishah (work), and on the shabayaiy (seventh) yawam (day) you shall shabath (shabath / rest), that your shawar (ox) and your donkey may have nawach (rest), and the ban (son) of your handmaid, and the gar (sojourner / stranger / foreigner) may be napash (soul).

13 “Be careful to do all things that I have amar (spoke) to you; and don't invoke the sham (name) of other Alahayam (), neither shamai (hearken / hear) them be heard out of your pah (mouth).

14 “You shall observe a chagag (feast) to me shalawash (three) ragalayam (times) a shanah (year).

15 You shall shamar (keep/guard) the chag (feast/festival) of unleavened matzah (bread). Shabai (seven) yamayam (days) you shall akal (eat) unleavened matzah (bread), as I tzawah (commanded) you, at the mawaid (Feast/Holy Day) appointed in the chadash (month) abayab (abib) (for in it you yatzaa (go out / come out) out from Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt)), and no one shall raah (see / saw) panayam (face) me rayaqam (empty).

16 And the chag (feast/festival) of qatzayar (harvest), the bakawar (first) fruits of your maishah (labors), which you zarai (sow) in the shadah (field): and the chag (feast/festival) of harvest, at the yatzaa (go out / come out) of the shanah (year), when you asap (gather) in your maishah (labors) out of the shadah (field).

17 Shalawash (three) paimayam (times) in the shanah (year) all your zakawar (remember/recall) shall raah (see) panayam (face) the Adawan () Yahawah ().

18 “You shall not zabach (offer) the dam (blood) of my zabach (sacrifice) with chamatz (leavened) bread, neither shall the chalab (fat) of my chag (feast/festival) lawan (remain) all night until the baqar (morning).

19 The raashayath (beginning) of the bakawar (first) fruits of your adamah (ground) you shall bawaa (come) into the bayath (house) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (). “You shall not bashal (boil) a young goat in its am (mother) chalab (milk).

20 “Behold, I shalach (send) an malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) panayam (face) you, to shamar (keep/guard) you by the darak (way), and to bawaa (bring) you into the maqawam (place) which I have kawan (prepared).

21 Pay attention to him, and shamai (hearken / hear) to his qawal (sound / voice). Don't marar (provoke) him, for he will not nashaa (lift) your disobedience, for my sham (name) is in him.

22 But if you shamai (hearken / hear) shamai (hearken / hear) to his qawal (sound / voice), and ishah (make) all that I dabar (word / matter), then I will be an ayab (enemy) to your ayab (enemy), and an tzarar (adversary) to your tzawar (adversaries).

23 For my malaak (angel / messenger of Yah) shall yalak (go) panayam (face) you, and bawaa (bring) you in to the Amaray (Amaray / Amorite), the Chathay (Hittite), the Parazay (Perizzite), the Kanainay (Canaanite), the Chaway (Hivite), and the Yabawasay (Jebusite); and I will kachad (cut) them off.

24 You shall not shachah (bow) down to their Alahayam (), nor ibad (servant) them, nor ishah (make) their practices, but you shall haras (utterly) haras (overthrow) them and demolish their matzabah (pillars).

25 You shall ibad (servant) Yahawah () your Alahayam (), and he will barak (blessed) your lacham (bread) and your mayam (Waters), and I will sawar (take) machalah (sickness) sawar (away) from your qarab (among / near).

26 No one will shakal (miscarry) or be iqar (barren) in your aratz (Earth/land). I will fulfill the masapar (number) of your yawam (day).

27 I will shalach (send) my ayamah (terror) panayam (face) you, and will confuse all the im (nation / people) to whom you bawaa (bring), and I will nathan (give) all your ayab (enemy) turn their irap (neck) to you.

28 I will shalach (send) the tzaraih (hornet) panayam (face) you, which will garash (drive) out the Chaway (Hivite), the Kanainay (Canaanite), and the Chathay (Hittite), from panayam (face) you.

29 I will not garash (drive) them out from panayam (face) you in achad (one) shanah (year), lest the aratz (Earth/land) become shamamah (desolate), and the animals of the shadah (field) rab (multiply) against you.

30 Mait (little) by mait (little) I will garash (drive) them out from panayam (face) you, until you have parah (bear fruit / increase) and nachal (inherit) the aratz (Earth/land).

31 I will shayath (put / appoint / make) your gabawal (border/boundary) from the sawap (red) yam (sea/waters) even to the yam (sea/waters) of the Palashathay (Philistines), and from the madabar (wilderness) to the nahar (river); for I will nathan (give) the yashabay (inhabitants) of the aratz (Earth/land) into your yad (hand), and you shall garash (drive) them out panayam (face) you.

32 You shall karath (cut) no barayath (covenant) with them, nor with their Alahayam ().

33 They shall not yashab (inhabit/dwell) in your aratz (Earth/land), lest they make you chataa (sin) against me, for if you ibad (servant) their Alahayam (), it will surely be a mawaqash (snare) to you.”