WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.960 Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.193 Day 100 and 11 00:00:04.670 --> 00:00:10.070 if someone steals an ox or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must 00:00:10.070 --> 00:00:15.620 pay back five oxen for each ox stolen and for sheep, for each sheep stolen. 00:00:16.580 --> 00:00:20.210 If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and 00:00:20.210 --> 00:00:24.620 killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder. 00:00:25.295 --> 00:00:30.425 But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder. 00:00:31.505 --> 00:00:35.015 A thief who was caught must pay in full for everything he stole. 00:00:35.495 --> 00:00:40.655 If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft. 00:00:41.345 --> 00:00:46.625 If someone steals an ox or a donkey or a sheep, and it is found in the thief's 00:00:46.625 --> 00:00:51.545 possession, then the thief must pay double the value of the stolen animal. 00:00:52.595 --> 00:00:57.275 If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard, and the owner lets it stray 00:00:57.275 --> 00:01:02.345 into someone else's field to graze, then the animal's owner must pay compensation 00:01:02.350 --> 00:01:04.625 from the best of his own grain or grapes. 00:01:05.735 --> 00:01:10.475 If you are burning thorn bushes and the fire gets out of control and spreads 00:01:10.505 --> 00:01:15.575 into another person's field, destroying the sheaves or the uncut grain, or 00:01:15.575 --> 00:01:21.155 the whole crop, the one who started the fire must pay for the lost crop. 00:01:22.445 --> 00:01:26.765 Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping and they 00:01:26.765 --> 00:01:28.415 are stolen from the neighbor's house. 00:01:29.105 --> 00:01:34.505 If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen. 00:01:35.105 --> 00:01:40.235 But if the thief is not caught, the neighbor must appear before God, who 00:01:40.235 --> 00:01:42.355 will determine if he stole the property. 00:01:43.730 --> 00:01:47.570 Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a 00:01:47.570 --> 00:01:53.240 particular ox, donkey, sheep article of clothing, or any lost property. 00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:58.880 Both parties must come before God and the person whom God declares guilty must 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:00.740 pay double compensation to the other. 00:02:02.195 --> 00:02:08.075 Now suppose someone leaves a donkey ox, sheep, or any other animal with a 00:02:08.075 --> 00:02:14.585 neighbor for safekeeping, but it dies or is injured or is taken away and no one 00:02:14.585 --> 00:02:19.745 sees what happened, the neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the Lord. 00:02:20.540 --> 00:02:24.050 If the Lord confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:29.030 the owner must accept the verdict and no payment will be required. 00:02:29.570 --> 00:02:34.130 But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay 00:02:34.130 --> 00:02:39.230 compensation to the owner if it was torn to pieces by a wild animal. 00:02:39.710 --> 00:02:43.760 The remains of the carcass must be shown as evidence and no 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:45.620 compensation will be required. 00:02:47.030 --> 00:02:52.160 If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it is injured or dies when 00:02:52.160 --> 00:02:57.110 the owner is absent, the person who borrowed it must pay full compensation. 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:02.570 But if the owner was present, no compensation is required and 00:03:02.575 --> 00:03:04.520 no compensation is required. 00:03:04.525 --> 00:03:09.080 If the animal was rented for this loss is covered by the rental fee. 00:03:10.700 --> 00:03:15.740 If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has 00:03:15.740 --> 00:03:20.420 sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her. 00:03:21.140 --> 00:03:26.120 But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount 00:03:26.150 --> 00:03:28.160 equal to the bride price of a virgin. 00:03:29.270 --> 00:03:31.910 You must not allow a sorcerers to live. 00:03:32.870 --> 00:03:37.820 Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must certainly be put to death. 00:03:39.425 --> 00:03:44.285 Anyone who sacrifices to any God other than the Lord must be destroyed. 00:03:45.305 --> 00:03:48.725 You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. 00:03:49.655 --> 00:03:54.395 Remember, you yourselves, were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. 00:03:55.115 --> 00:03:57.785 You must not exploit a widow or an orphan. 00:03:58.355 --> 00:04:02.645 If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I 00:04:02.645 --> 00:04:04.595 will certainly hear their cry. 00:04:05.105 --> 00:04:09.425 My anger will blaze against you and I will kill you with the sword. 00:04:10.265 --> 00:04:13.625 Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless. 00:04:14.390 --> 00:04:18.980 If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge 00:04:18.980 --> 00:04:20.780 interest as a money lender would. 00:04:21.260 --> 00:04:24.440 If you take your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, 00:04:24.860 --> 00:04:26.900 you must return it before sunset. 00:04:27.590 --> 00:04:30.710 This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. 00:04:31.370 --> 00:04:33.410 How can a person sleep without it? 00:04:33.830 --> 00:04:37.190 If you do not return it, and your neighbor cries out to me for help, 00:04:37.580 --> 00:04:39.980 then I will hear for I am merciful. 00:04:41.315 --> 00:04:44.675 You must not dishonor God or curse any of your rulers. 00:04:45.245 --> 00:04:47.075 You must not hold anything back. 00:04:47.075 --> 00:04:51.185 When you give me offerings from your crops and your wine, you 00:04:51.185 --> 00:04:53.495 must give me your firstborn sons. 00:04:54.455 --> 00:04:58.955 You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats, 00:04:59.405 --> 00:05:03.785 but leave the newborn animal with its mother for seven days, then 00:05:03.785 --> 00:05:05.765 give it to me on the eighth day. 00:05:07.325 --> 00:05:09.305 You must be my holy people. 00:05:10.010 --> 00:05:15.500 Therefore, do not eat any animal that has been torn up and killed by wild animals. 00:05:16.100 --> 00:05:17.450 Throw it to the dogs. 00:05:19.370 --> 00:05:22.040 You must not pass along false rumors. 00:05:22.700 --> 00:05:26.720 You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand. 00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:30.260 You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:35.960 When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:40.880 to twist justice and do not slant your testimony in favor of a person 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:43.340 just because that person is poor. 00:05:44.450 --> 00:05:48.290 If you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey that has strayed 00:05:48.290 --> 00:05:50.720 away, take it back to its owner. 00:05:51.230 --> 00:05:54.830 If you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under 00:05:54.830 --> 00:05:57.980 its load, do not walk by instead. 00:05:58.070 --> 00:05:59.300 Stop and help. 00:05:59.975 --> 00:06:03.365 In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor. 00:06:03.875 --> 00:06:09.455 Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil, never sentence an innocent 00:06:09.455 --> 00:06:14.615 or blameless person to death for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent. 00:06:15.275 --> 00:06:20.165 Take no bribes for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. 00:06:20.735 --> 00:06:24.035 A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth. 00:06:24.935 --> 00:06:26.615 You must not oppress foreigners. 00:06:27.380 --> 00:06:31.460 You know what it's like to be a foreigner for you yourselves. 00:06:31.460 --> 00:06:37.220 Were once foreigners in the land of Egypt plant and harvest your crops for six 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:43.070 years, but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. 00:06:43.730 --> 00:06:47.180 Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. 00:06:47.780 --> 00:06:50.390 Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. 00:06:51.110 --> 00:06:53.870 The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves. 00:06:55.250 --> 00:06:59.360 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.060 seventh day, you must stop working. 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.930 This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:09.530 It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living 00:07:09.530 --> 00:07:11.300 among you to be refreshed. 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:15.410 Pay close attention to all my instructions. 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:18.800 You must not call on the name of any other gods. 00:07:19.430 --> 00:07:21.860 Do not even speak their names. 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:26.690 Each year, you must celebrate three festivals in my honor. 00:07:27.410 --> 00:07:32.810 First, celebrate the festival of unleavened bread for seven days. 00:07:32.815 --> 00:07:35.420 The bread you eat must be made without yeast. 00:07:35.630 --> 00:07:37.370 Just as I commanded you. 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:42.560 Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring 00:07:42.710 --> 00:07:47.720 and the month of ABI for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. 00:07:48.440 --> 00:07:51.950 No one may appear before me without an offering. 00:07:53.090 --> 00:07:57.680 Second, celebrate the festival of Harvest when you bring me 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:59.480 the first crops of your harvest. 00:08:00.470 --> 00:08:05.240 Finally, celebrate the festival of the final harvest at the end of the 00:08:05.245 --> 00:08:09.590 harvest season when you have harvested all the crops from your fields. 00:08:10.295 --> 00:08:15.695 And these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear 00:08:15.695 --> 00:08:17.855 before the sovereign, the Lord. 00:08:20.465 --> 00:08:24.125 You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with 00:08:24.125 --> 00:08:26.495 any baked goods containing yeast. 00:08:27.215 --> 00:08:31.145 And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next 00:08:31.145 --> 00:08:37.235 morning as you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest 00:08:37.235 --> 00:08:39.065 to the house of the Lord your God. 00:08:39.950 --> 00:08:42.950 You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.400 See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your 00:08:49.400 --> 00:08:53.540 journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you. 00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:58.430 Pay close attention to him and obey his instructions. 00:08:59.270 --> 00:09:03.710 Do not rebel against him for he is my representative and he 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:05.330 will not forgive your rebellion. 00:09:06.155 --> 00:09:12.425 But if you are careful to obey him following all my instructions, then I will 00:09:12.425 --> 00:09:19.265 be an enemy to your enemies and I will oppose those who oppose you for my angel 00:09:19.270 --> 00:09:25.565 will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites parasites, 00:09:25.835 --> 00:09:29.255 Canaanites hives, and Jebusites. 00:09:29.585 --> 00:09:34.295 So you may live there and I will destroy them completely. 00:09:34.835 --> 00:09:39.545 You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any 00:09:39.545 --> 00:09:42.335 way or imitate their evil practices. 00:09:43.085 --> 00:09:48.395 Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars. 00:09:49.235 --> 00:09:51.875 You must serve only the Lord your God. 00:09:52.685 --> 00:09:58.955 If you do, I will bless you with food and water and I will protect you from illness. 00:09:59.615 --> 00:10:04.475 There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I 00:10:04.475 --> 00:10:07.085 will give you long, full lives. 00:10:07.925 --> 00:10:12.275 I will send my terror ahead of you and create panic among all 00:10:12.275 --> 00:10:14.345 the people whose lands you invade. 00:10:15.065 --> 00:10:17.915 I will make all your enemies turn and run. 00:10:18.605 --> 00:10:21.725 I will send Terra ahead of you to drive out the high 00:10:21.725 --> 00:10:23.855 bites Canaanites and Hittites. 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:29.120 But I will not drive them out in a single year because the land would 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:33.560 become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you. 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:39.500 I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:41.600 enough to take possession of the land. 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:46.880 And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean 00:10:46.880 --> 00:10:51.200 Sea and from the Eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River. 00:10:51.950 --> 00:10:53.390 I will hand over to you. 00:10:53.390 --> 00:10:58.040 The people now living in the land and you will drive them out ahead of you. 00:10:59.180 --> 00:11:01.760 Make no treaties with them or their gods. 00:11:02.210 --> 00:11:06.470 They must not live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me. 00:11:07.130 --> 00:11:12.080 If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry. 00:11:14.750 --> 00:11:16.820 Then the Lord instructed Moses. 00:11:18.050 --> 00:11:26.180 Come up here to me and bring along Aaron Naab, AB Bayou, and 70 of Israel's elders. 00:11:26.930 --> 00:11:29.510 All of you must worship from a distance. 00:11:30.170 --> 00:11:32.810 Only Moses is allowed to come near to the Lord. 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:37.910 The others must not come near and none of the other people are allowed 00:11:37.970 --> 00:11:39.770 to climb up the mountain with him. 00:11:41.090 --> 00:11:45.620 Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:50.600 regulations The Lord had given him, all the people answered with one voice. 00:11:51.170 --> 00:11:53.840 We will do everything the Lord has commanded. 00:11:55.160 --> 00:11:58.550 Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord's instructions. 00:11:59.390 --> 00:11:59.720 Early. 00:11:59.810 --> 00:12:04.220 The next morning, Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. 00:12:04.925 --> 00:12:10.205 He also set up 12 pillars, one for each of the 12 tribes of Israel. 00:12:11.075 --> 00:12:15.035 Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt 00:12:15.035 --> 00:12:19.565 offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. 00:12:21.215 --> 00:12:25.175 Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. 00:12:25.745 --> 00:12:28.265 The other half he splattered against the altar. 00:12:29.555 --> 00:12:33.845 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. 00:12:34.685 --> 00:12:39.815 Again, they all responded, we will do everything the Lord has commanded. 00:12:40.205 --> 00:12:41.705 We will obey. 00:12:43.355 --> 00:12:46.595 Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over. 00:12:46.595 --> 00:12:51.455 The people declaring, look, this blood confirms the covenant 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:54.395 the Lord has made with you and giving you these instructions. 00:12:55.115 --> 00:13:00.875 Then Moses Aaron Naab, AB Bayou, and the 70 Elders of 00:13:00.905 --> 00:13:03.245 Israel climbed up the mountain. 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.400 There. 00:13:04.400 --> 00:13:08.510 They saw the God of Israel under his feet. 00:13:08.810 --> 00:13:14.480 There seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lly as clear as the sky 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:21.350 itself, and though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. 00:13:21.950 --> 00:13:27.050 In fact, they ate a covenant meal eating and drinking in his presence. 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:35.495 Then the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, stay there, and I 00:13:35.495 --> 00:13:40.205 will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions 00:13:40.205 --> 00:13:43.055 and commands so you can teach the people. 00:13:43.925 --> 00:13:49.925 So Moses and his assistant Joshua, set out and Moses climbed up the mountain of God. 00:13:50.945 --> 00:13:55.985 Moses told the elders, stay here and wait for us until we come back. 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.730 Aaron and her are here with you. 00:13:59.300 --> 00:14:03.260 If anyone has a dispute while I am gone consult with them. 00:14:04.640 --> 00:14:09.710 Then Moses climbed up the mountain and the cloud covered it, and the glory of 00:14:09.710 --> 00:14:14.990 the Lord settled down on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days. 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:19.430 On the seventh day, the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. 00:14:20.150 --> 00:14:22.760 To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain. 00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:26.870 The glory of the Lord appeared at the summit, like a consuming fire. 00:14:27.650 --> 00:14:31.640 Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. 00:14:32.330 --> 00:14:36.320 He remained on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. 00:14:37.910 --> 00:14:40.430 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:14:40.910 --> 00:14:42.110 Thank you for joining us.