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 --> 00:00:04.133 Day 100 and 10 00:00:04.798 --> 00:00:05.488 exactly. 00:00:05.488 --> 00:00:09.958 Two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived 00:00:09.958 --> 00:00:11.728 in the wilderness of Sinai. 00:00:12.418 --> 00:00:18.058 After breaking camp at Rhim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up 00:00:18.063 --> 00:00:20.428 camp there at the base of Mount Sinai. 00:00:21.388 --> 00:00:24.538 Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. 00:00:25.258 --> 00:00:29.128 The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, Give these 00:00:29.128 --> 00:00:31.258 instructions to the family of Jacob. 00:00:31.738 --> 00:00:34.198 Announce it to the descendants of Israel. 00:00:34.828 --> 00:00:37.678 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. 00:00:38.248 --> 00:00:43.588 You know how I carried you on Eagle's wings and brought you to myself Now? 00:00:43.588 --> 00:00:48.928 If you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure 00:00:48.928 --> 00:00:50.908 from among all the peoples on earth. 00:00:51.553 --> 00:00:55.783 For all the earth belongs to me, and you will be my kingdom 00:00:55.783 --> 00:00:58.063 of priests, my holy nation. 00:00:58.663 --> 00:01:02.263 This is the message you must give to the people of Israel. 00:01:03.013 --> 00:01:07.393 So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the 00:01:07.393 --> 00:01:12.073 people and told them everything the Lord had commanded him, and all the 00:01:12.073 --> 00:01:16.873 people responded together, we will do everything the Lord has commanded. 00:01:17.623 --> 00:01:20.503 So Moses brought the people's answer back to the Lord. 00:01:21.433 --> 00:01:26.413 Then the Lord said to Moses, I will come to you in a thick cloud, 00:01:26.473 --> 00:01:30.763 Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. 00:01:31.333 --> 00:01:33.583 Then they will always trust you. 00:01:35.083 --> 00:01:37.543 Moses told the Lord what the people had said. 00:01:38.173 --> 00:01:42.913 Then the Lord told Moses, go down and prepare the people for my arrival. 00:01:43.543 --> 00:01:48.433 Consecrate them today and tomorrow and have them wash their clothing. 00:01:49.198 --> 00:01:54.928 Be sure they are ready on the third day for on that day, the Lord will come down 00:01:54.928 --> 00:01:58.078 on Mount Sinai as all the people watch. 00:01:59.158 --> 00:02:01.828 Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. 00:02:02.308 --> 00:02:03.388 Warn the people. 00:02:03.838 --> 00:02:05.068 Be careful. 00:02:05.398 --> 00:02:09.328 Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. 00:02:10.228 --> 00:02:13.408 Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death. 00:02:14.278 --> 00:02:18.448 No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary. 00:02:19.168 --> 00:02:22.618 Instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. 00:02:23.218 --> 00:02:24.958 They must be put to death. 00:02:25.828 --> 00:02:30.958 However, when the rams horn sounds a long blast, then the 00:02:30.958 --> 00:02:32.998 people may go up on the mountain. 00:02:35.428 --> 00:02:39.868 So Moses went down to the people, he consecrated them for worship 00:02:40.258 --> 00:02:41.968 and they washed their clothes. 00:02:42.628 --> 00:02:47.668 He told them, get ready for the third day, and until then, abstained 00:02:47.668 --> 00:02:49.408 from having sexual intercourse. 00:02:51.238 --> 00:02:56.428 On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a 00:02:56.428 --> 00:02:58.678 dense cloud came down on the mountain. 00:02:59.368 --> 00:03:04.468 There was a long, loud blast from a Ram's horn and all the people trembled. 00:03:05.098 --> 00:03:09.298 Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God and they stood 00:03:09.303 --> 00:03:10.468 at the foot of the mountain. 00:03:11.098 --> 00:03:15.238 All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had 00:03:15.238 --> 00:03:17.608 descended on it in the form of fire. 00:03:18.298 --> 00:03:22.378 The smoke billowed into the sky, like smoke from a brick kiln, and 00:03:22.378 --> 00:03:24.208 the whole mountain shook violently. 00:03:25.108 --> 00:03:28.168 As the blast of the rams horn grew Louder and louder. 00:03:28.378 --> 00:03:31.708 Moses spoke and God thundered his reply. 00:03:32.698 --> 00:03:37.738 The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the 00:03:37.738 --> 00:03:41.008 mountain, so Moses climbed the mountain. 00:03:41.938 --> 00:03:47.308 Then the Lord told Moses, go back down and warn the people not to 00:03:47.313 --> 00:03:51.208 break through the boundaries to see the Lord or they will die. 00:03:51.868 --> 00:03:56.698 Even the priests who regularly come near to the Lord must purify 00:03:56.698 --> 00:04:00.088 themselves so that the Lord does not break out and destroy them. 00:04:01.468 --> 00:04:06.688 But Lord Moses protested the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. 00:04:07.078 --> 00:04:08.548 You already warned us. 00:04:08.848 --> 00:04:14.368 You told me Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy. 00:04:15.268 --> 00:04:19.768 But the Lord said, go down and bring Aaron back up with you. 00:04:20.738 --> 00:04:24.868 In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break 00:04:24.868 --> 00:04:29.218 through to approach the Lord or he will break out and destroy them. 00:04:30.763 --> 00:04:34.993 So Moses went down to the people and told them what the Lord had said. 00:04:36.643 --> 00:04:42.703 Then God gave the people all these instructions, I am the Lord your 00:04:42.703 --> 00:04:47.713 God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. 00:04:48.583 --> 00:04:51.193 You must not have any other God but me. 00:04:51.988 --> 00:04:57.058 You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the 00:04:57.058 --> 00:04:59.818 heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 00:05:00.778 --> 00:05:03.508 You must not bow down to them or worship them. 00:05:03.718 --> 00:05:08.218 For I the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate 00:05:08.218 --> 00:05:10.678 your affection for any other gods. 00:05:11.608 --> 00:05:14.638 I lay the sins of the parents upon their children. 00:05:15.118 --> 00:05:19.918 The entire family is affected, even children in the third and fourth 00:05:19.948 --> 00:05:25.048 generations of those who reject me, but I lavish, unfailing love 00:05:25.053 --> 00:05:30.088 for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands. 00:05:32.848 --> 00:05:36.398 You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. 00:05:36.943 --> 00:05:41.143 The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name. 00:05:42.013 --> 00:05:45.553 Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 00:05:46.153 --> 00:05:50.413 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh 00:05:50.418 --> 00:05:55.063 day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. 00:05:55.783 --> 00:05:59.593 On that day, no one in your household may do any work. 00:06:00.403 --> 00:06:04.813 This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female 00:06:04.813 --> 00:06:09.253 servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you. 00:06:10.423 --> 00:06:14.233 For in six days, the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the 00:06:14.233 --> 00:06:16.543 sea, and everything in them. 00:06:17.173 --> 00:06:19.753 But on the seventh day, he rested. 00:06:20.563 --> 00:06:25.783 That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy 00:06:27.823 --> 00:06:29.593 Honor your father and mother. 00:06:30.193 --> 00:06:32.893 Then you will live a long, full life in the land. 00:06:32.893 --> 00:06:34.783 The Lord your God is giving you. 00:06:35.713 --> 00:06:36.973 You must not murder. 00:06:37.483 --> 00:06:39.283 You must not commit adultery. 00:06:39.853 --> 00:06:41.233 You must not steal. 00:06:41.713 --> 00:06:44.563 You must not testify falsely against your neighbor. 00:06:45.403 --> 00:06:47.713 You must not covet your neighbor's house. 00:06:48.043 --> 00:06:51.823 You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female, servant, 00:06:52.213 --> 00:06:55.843 ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. 00:06:56.968 --> 00:07:01.888 When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the rams horn, and when 00:07:01.888 --> 00:07:05.578 they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, 00:07:05.998 --> 00:07:12.298 they stood at a distance trembling with fear, and they said to Moses, you speak 00:07:12.298 --> 00:07:18.208 to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak directly to us or we will die. 00:07:19.318 --> 00:07:20.548 Don't be afraid. 00:07:20.938 --> 00:07:22.048 Moses answered them. 00:07:22.618 --> 00:07:25.228 For God has come in this way to test you. 00:07:25.813 --> 00:07:28.843 And so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning. 00:07:30.283 --> 00:07:35.443 As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was, 00:07:38.293 --> 00:07:42.733 and the Lord said to Moses, say this to the people of Israel. 00:07:43.243 --> 00:07:46.453 You saw for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven. 00:07:47.113 --> 00:07:52.033 Remember, you must not make any idols of silver or gold to rival me. 00:07:53.353 --> 00:07:58.963 Build for me an altar made of earth and offer your sacrifices to me, your 00:07:58.963 --> 00:08:03.913 burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. 00:08:04.633 --> 00:08:08.653 Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered and I 00:08:08.653 --> 00:08:12.913 will come to you and bless you if you use stones to build my altar. 00:08:13.243 --> 00:08:19.033 Use only natural uncut stones do not shape the stones with a tool for that 00:08:19.033 --> 00:08:21.313 would make the altar unfit for holy use. 00:08:22.183 --> 00:08:25.303 And do not approach my altar by going up steps. 00:08:25.903 --> 00:08:30.853 If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness. 00:08:32.623 --> 00:08:36.253 These are the regulations you must present to Israel. 00:08:37.003 --> 00:08:43.273 If you by a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years, set him 00:08:43.273 --> 00:08:48.283 free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom if he 00:08:48.288 --> 00:08:50.203 was single when he became your slave. 00:08:50.548 --> 00:08:51.718 He shall leave single. 00:08:52.318 --> 00:08:56.248 But if he was married before he became a slave, then his 00:08:56.248 --> 00:08:58.048 wife must be freed with him. 00:08:58.978 --> 00:09:03.628 If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons 00:09:03.633 --> 00:09:07.828 or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year. 00:09:08.428 --> 00:09:11.938 But his wife and children will still belong to his master, 00:09:12.628 --> 00:09:14.188 but the slave may declare. 00:09:15.103 --> 00:09:18.433 I love my master, my wife and my children. 00:09:18.853 --> 00:09:20.473 I don't want to go free. 00:09:21.553 --> 00:09:25.633 If he does this, his master must present him before God. 00:09:26.263 --> 00:09:31.243 Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce 00:09:31.248 --> 00:09:33.973 his ear with an all after that. 00:09:34.453 --> 00:09:36.943 The slave will serve his master for life. 00:09:38.233 --> 00:09:42.193 When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the 00:09:42.193 --> 00:09:43.993 end of six years as the men are. 00:09:44.533 --> 00:09:48.823 If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back 00:09:48.823 --> 00:09:54.283 again, but he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners since he is the 00:09:54.283 --> 00:09:56.143 one who broke the contract with her. 00:09:56.863 --> 00:10:01.753 But if the slave's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer 00:10:01.753 --> 00:10:07.378 treat her as a slave, but as a daughter, If a man who has married a slave wife 00:10:07.378 --> 00:10:11.758 takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife 00:10:11.758 --> 00:10:14.668 to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy. 00:10:15.568 --> 00:10:20.428 If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free 00:10:20.433 --> 00:10:22.528 woman with without making any payment. 00:10:25.398 --> 00:10:29.308 Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death. 00:10:30.058 --> 00:10:35.398 But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge 00:10:35.398 --> 00:10:37.498 where the slayer can run for safety. 00:10:38.188 --> 00:10:42.748 However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the 00:10:42.753 --> 00:10:46.828 slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death. 00:10:47.518 --> 00:10:51.238 Anyone who strikes father or mother must be put to death. 00:10:52.018 --> 00:10:55.108 Kidnappers must be put to death whether they are caught in 00:10:55.108 --> 00:10:58.948 possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves. 00:10:59.908 --> 00:11:03.328 Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death. 00:11:04.138 --> 00:11:08.998 Now, suppose two men quarrel and one hits the other with a stone or 00:11:08.998 --> 00:11:13.648 fist, and the injured person does not die, but is confined to bed. 00:11:14.248 --> 00:11:18.628 If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the 00:11:18.628 --> 00:11:23.038 assailant will not be punished, but must compensate his victim for lost 00:11:23.038 --> 00:11:26.008 wages and provide for his full recovery. 00:11:27.088 --> 00:11:31.858 If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies, as a 00:11:31.858 --> 00:11:34.408 result, the owner must be punished. 00:11:35.038 --> 00:11:39.778 But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be 00:11:39.783 --> 00:11:42.328 punished since the slave is his property. 00:11:43.618 --> 00:11:47.698 Now, suppose two men are fighting and in the process they accidentally 00:11:47.698 --> 00:11:50.698 strike a pregnant woman, so she gives birth prematurely. 00:11:51.703 --> 00:11:55.933 If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the 00:11:55.933 --> 00:12:00.553 amount of compensation the woman's husband demands, and the judges approve. 00:12:01.393 --> 00:12:06.103 But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury. 00:12:06.673 --> 00:12:08.083 A life for a life. 00:12:08.203 --> 00:12:09.373 An eye for an eye. 00:12:09.613 --> 00:12:10.843 A tooth for a tooth. 00:12:11.173 --> 00:12:12.343 A hand for a hand. 00:12:12.613 --> 00:12:13.903 A foot for a foot. 00:12:14.203 --> 00:12:19.033 A burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise. 00:12:20.998 --> 00:12:25.108 If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is 00:12:25.108 --> 00:12:29.428 blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 00:12:29.968 --> 00:12:35.188 And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the 00:12:35.193 --> 00:12:37.708 slave go free to compensate for the tooth. 00:12:38.458 --> 00:12:43.438 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned 00:12:43.468 --> 00:12:45.388 and its flesh may not be eaten. 00:12:46.033 --> 00:12:49.993 In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable. 00:12:50.623 --> 00:12:55.783 But suppose the OX had a reputation for goring and the owner had been informed 00:12:55.783 --> 00:12:58.153 but failed to keep it under control. 00:12:58.753 --> 00:13:03.223 If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned and the owner 00:13:03.223 --> 00:13:04.873 must also be put to death. 00:13:05.533 --> 00:13:09.553 However, the dead person's relatives may accept payment to 00:13:09.553 --> 00:13:11.503 compensate for the loss of life. 00:13:12.553 --> 00:13:16.993 The owner of the ox may redeem his life by paying whatever is demanded. 00:13:17.983 --> 00:13:24.493 The same regulation applies if the ox gores a boy or girl, but if the ox gores 00:13:24.498 --> 00:13:30.613 a slave, either male or female, the animal owner must pay the slave's owner 30 00:13:30.613 --> 00:13:33.823 silver coins, and the ox must be stoned. 00:13:34.483 --> 00:13:39.523 Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then 00:13:39.523 --> 00:13:42.013 an ox or a donkey falls into it. 00:13:42.613 --> 00:13:47.023 The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, 00:13:47.413 --> 00:13:49.543 but then he gets to keep the dead animal. 00:13:50.623 --> 00:13:55.753 If someone's ox injures a neighbor's ox and the injured ox dies, then the 00:13:55.753 --> 00:14:00.133 two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. 00:14:00.913 --> 00:14:03.133 They must also divide the dead animal. 00:14:03.718 --> 00:14:08.578 But if the ox had a reputation for Goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under 00:14:08.578 --> 00:14:11.698 control, he must pay full compensation. 00:14:12.358 --> 00:14:16.498 A live ox for the dead one, but he may keep the Dead Ox. 00:14:18.148 --> 00:14:20.998 This concludes today's Immerse reading experience. 00:14:21.148 --> 00:14:22.348 Thank you for joining us.