Exodus 23

Verse 1

WEB “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

KJV Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

TSK shalt not: ex 23:7, ex 20:16, le 19:16, 2sa 16:3, 2sa 19:27, ps 15:3, ps 101:5, ps 120:3, pr 10:18, pr 17:4, pr 25:23, jer 20:10, mt 28:14,15, ro 3:8; an unrighteous witness: de 5:20, de 19:16-21, 1ki 21:10-13, ps 27:12, ps 35:11, pr 6:19, pr 12:17, pr 19:5,9,28, pr 21:28, pr 24:28, pr 25:18, mt 19:18, mt 26:59-61, lu 3:14, lu 19:8, ac 6:11-13, eph 4:25, 2ti 3:3, 1pe 3:16, re 12:10

Verse 2

WEB “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

KJV Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

TSK follow: ex 32:1-5, ge 6:12, ge 7:1, ge 19:4,7-9, nu 14:1-10, jos 24:15, 1sa 15:9, 1ki 19:10, job 31:34, pr 1:10,11,15, pr 4:14, mt 27:24-26, mr 15:15, lu 23:23,24,51, joh 7:50,51, ac 24:27, ac 25:9, ro 1:32, ga 2:11-13; to decline: ex 23:6,7, le 19:15, de 1:17, ps 72:2, jer 37:15,21, jer 38:5,6,9, eze 9:9, hag 1:4

Verse 3

WEB neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

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

TSK Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.: ps 82:2,3, jas 3:17

Verse 4

WEB “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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

TSK If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.: de 22:1-4, job 31:29,30, pr 24:17,18, pr 25:21, mt 5:44, lu 6:27,28, ro 12:17-21, 1th 5:15

Verse 5

WEB If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

KJV If 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.

TSK If thou see: de 22:4

Verse 6

WEB “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

KJV Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

TSK Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.: ex 23:2,3, de 16:19, de 27:19, 2ch 19:7, job 31:13,21,22, ps 82:3,4, ec 5:8, isa 10:1,2, jer 5:28, jer 6:28, jer 7:6, am 5:11,12, mic 3:1-4, zep 3:1-4, mal 3:5, jas 2:5,6

Verse 7

WEB “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

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

TSK far from: ex 23:1, le 19:11, de 19:16-21, job 22:23, pr 4:14,15, isa 33:15, lu 3:14, eph 4:25, 1th 5:22; the innocent: de 27:25; for I will not: ex 34:7, pr 17:15, na 1:3, ro 1:18, ro 2:5,6

Verse 8

WEB “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

KJV And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

TSK thou shalt take: de 16:19, 1sa 8:3, 1sa 12:3, ps 26:10, pr 15:27, pr 17:8,23, pr 19:4, ec 7:7, isa 1:13, isa 5:23, eze 22:12, ho 4:18, am 5:12, mic 7:3

Verse 9

WEB “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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

TSK thou shalt not: ex 21:21, de 10:19, de 24:14-18, de 27:19, ps 94:6, eze 22:7; ye know: mt 18:33, heb 2:17,18

Verse 10

WEB “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

KJV And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

TSK No cross references.

Verse 11

WEB but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

KJV 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 shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

TSK the seventh: le 25:2-7,11,12,20,22, le 26:34,35

Verse 12

WEB “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

KJV Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

TSK Six days: ex 20:8-11, ex 31:15,16, lu 13:14; and the son: de 5:13-15, isa 58:3

Verse 13

WEB “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.

KJV And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

TSK be circumspect: de 4:9,15, jos 22:5, jos 23:11, 1ch 28:7-9, ps 39:1, eph 5:15, 1ti 4:16, heb 12:15; make no mention: nu 32:38, de 12:3, jos 23:7, ps 16:4, jer 10:11, ho 2:17, zec 13:2, eph 5:12

Verse 14

WEB “You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.

KJV Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

TSK Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.: ex 34:22, le 23:5,16,34, de 16:16

Verse 15

WEB You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

KJV Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

TSK the feast: ex 12:14-28,43-49, ex 13:6,7, ex 34:18, le 23:5-8, nu 9:2-14, nu 28:16-25, de 16:1-8, jos 5:10,11, 2ki 23:21-23, mr 14:12, lu 22:7, 1co 5:7,8; and none: ex 34:20, le 23:10, de 16:16, pr 3:9,10

Verse 16

WEB And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.

KJV And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

TSK feast of harvest: ex 22:29, ex 34:22, le 23:9-21, nu 28:26-31, de 16:9-12, ac 2:1; in-gathering: ex 34:22, le 23:34-44, nu 29:12-39, de 16:13-15, ne 8:14-18, zec 14:16-19, joh 7:2,37

Verse 17

WEB Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

KJV Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

TSK Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.: ex 34:23, de 12:5, de 16:16, de 31:11, ps 84:7, lu 2:42

Verse 18

WEB “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

KJV Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

TSK blood: ex 12:8,15, ex 34:25, le 2:11, le 7:12, de 16:4; remain: ex 12:10, le 7:15

Verse 19

WEB The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

KJV The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

TSK first of the: ex 22:29, ex 34:26, le 23:10-17, nu 18:12,13, de 12:5-7, de 26:10, ne 10:35, 1co 15:20, re 14:4; Thou shalt not seethe a kid: ex 34:26, de 14:21, pr 12:10, jer 10:3

Verse 20

WEB “Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

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

TSK Angel: ex 3:2-6, ex 14:19, ex 32:34, ex 33:2,14, ge 48:16, nu 20:16, jos 5:13, jos 6:2, ps 91:11, isa 63:9, mal 3:1, 1co 10:9,10; prepared: ge 15:18, mt 25:34, joh 14:3

Verse 21

WEB Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

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

TSK Beware of him: ps 2:12, mt 17:5, heb 12:25; provoke him not: nu 14:11, ps 78:40,56, eph 4:30, heb 3:10,16; he will not: ex 32:34, nu 14:35, de 18:19, jos 24:19, jer 5:7, heb 3:11, heb 10:26-29, heb 12:25, 1jo 5:16; my name: ex 3:14, ex 34:5-7, ps 72:19, ps 83:18, isa 7:14, isa 9:6, isa 42:8, isa 45:6, isa 57:15, jer 23:6, mt 1:23, joh 5:23, joh 10:30,38, joh 14:9,10, col 2:9, re 1:8, re 2:8,23, re 3:7

Verse 22

WEB But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

KJV But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

TSK an enemy: ge 12:3, nu 24:9, de 30:7, jer 30:20, zec 2:8, ac 9:4,5

Verse 23

WEB For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

KJV For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

TSK mine Angel: ex 23:20, ex 32:2, isa 5:13; thee in: ex 3:17, ge 15:19-21, ge 34:2, jos 24:8-11

Verse 24

WEB You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

KJV Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

TSK shalt not: ex 20:5; do after: le 18:3,26-30, de 12:30,31, 2ch 33:2,9, ps 101:3, ps 106:35-38, eze 16:47; overthrow: ex 32:20, ex 34:13,14, nu 33:52, de 7:5,25,26, de 12:3, 2ch 34:3-7

Verse 25

WEB You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

KJV And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

TSK And ye: de 6:13, de 10:12,20, de 11:13,14, de 13:4, de 28:1-6, jos 22:5, jos 24:14,15,21,24, 1sa 7:3, 1sa 12:20,24, jer 8:2, mt 4:10; he shall: de 7:13, de 28:5-8, isa 33:16, mal 3:10; I will take: ex 15:26, de 7:15, ps 103:3, isa 33:24

Verse 26

WEB No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

KJV There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

TSK shall nothing: de 7:14, de 28:4, job 21:10, ps 107:38, ps 144:13, mal 3:10,11; the number: ge 25:8, ge 35:29, 1ch 23:1, job 5:26, job 42:17, ps 55:23, ps 90:10, isa 65:20

Verse 27

WEB I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

KJV I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

TSK my fear: ex 15:14-16, ge 35:5, de 2:25, de 11:23,25, jos 2:9-11, 1sa 14:15, 2ki 7:6, 2ch 14:14; destroy: de 7:23; backs: ps 18:40

Verse 28

WEB I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

KJV And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

TSK hornets: de 7:20, jos 24:11

Verse 29

WEB I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

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

TSK in one year: de 7:22, jos 15:63, jos 16:10, jos 17:12,13, jud 3:1-4

Verse 30

WEB Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

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

TSK No cross references.

Verse 31

WEB I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

KJV And I 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 inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

TSK I will set: ge 15:18, nu 34:3-15, de 11:24, jos 1:4, 1ki 4:21,24, ps 72:8; deliver the: nu 21:34, de 3:2, jos 8:7,18, jos 10:8,19, jos 21:44, jos 23:14, jos 24:8, jud 1:4, jud 11:21, 1sa 23:4, 1ki 20:13

Verse 32

WEB You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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

TSK shalt make: ex 34:12,15, de 7:2, jos 9:14-23, 2sa 21:1,2, ps 106:35, 2co 6:15; nor with: nu 25:1,2, de 7:16

Verse 33

WEB They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

KJV They shall 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.

TSK they make: 1ki 14:16, 2ch 33:9; it will surely: ex 34:12, de 7:16, de 12:30, jos 23:13, jud 2:3, 1sa 18:21, ps 106:36, 2ti 2:26