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Day 100 and 10
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Two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived
in the wilderness of Sinai.
After breaking camp at Rhim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up
camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.
Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God.
The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, Give these
instructions to the family of Jacob.
Announce it to the descendants of Israel.
You have seen what I did to the Egyptians.
You know how I carried you on Eagle's wings and brought you to myself Now?
If you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure
from among all the peoples on earth.
For all the earth belongs to me, and you will be my kingdom
of priests, my holy nation.
This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.
So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the
people and told them everything the Lord had commanded him, and all the
people responded together, we will do everything the Lord has commanded.
So Moses brought the people's answer back to the Lord.
Then the Lord said to Moses, I will come to you in a thick cloud,
Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you.
Then they will always trust you.
Moses told the Lord what the people had said.
Then the Lord told Moses, go down and prepare the people for my arrival.
Consecrate them today and tomorrow and have them wash their clothing.
Be sure they are ready on the third day for on that day, the Lord will come down
on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.
Mark off a boundary all around the mountain.
Warn the people.
Be careful.
Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries.
Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.
No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary.
Instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows.
They must be put to death.
However, when the rams horn sounds a long blast, then the
people may go up on the mountain.
So Moses went down to the people, he consecrated them for worship
and they washed their clothes.
He told them, get ready for the third day, and until then, abstained
from having sexual intercourse.
On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a
dense cloud came down on the mountain.
There was a long, loud blast from a Ram's horn and all the people trembled.
Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God and they stood
at the foot of the mountain.
All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had
descended on it in the form of fire.
The smoke billowed into the sky, like smoke from a brick kiln, and
the whole mountain shook violently.
As the blast of the rams horn grew Louder and louder.
Moses spoke and God thundered his reply.
The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the
mountain, so Moses climbed the mountain.
Then the Lord told Moses, go back down and warn the people not to
break through the boundaries to see the Lord or they will die.
Even the priests who regularly come near to the Lord must purify
themselves so that the Lord does not break out and destroy them.
But Lord Moses protested the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai.
You already warned us.
You told me Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.
But the Lord said, go down and bring Aaron back up with you.
In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break
through to approach the Lord or he will break out and destroy them.
So Moses went down to the people and told them what the Lord had said.
Then God gave the people all these instructions, I am the Lord your
God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
You must not have any other God but me.
You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the
heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
You must not bow down to them or worship them.
For I the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate
your affection for any other gods.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children.
The entire family is affected, even children in the third and fourth
generations of those who reject me, but I lavish, unfailing love
for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh
day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God.
On that day, no one in your household may do any work.
This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female
servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.
For in six days, the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the
sea, and everything in them.
But on the seventh day, he rested.
That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy
Honor your father and mother.
Then you will live a long, full life in the land.
The Lord your God is giving you.
You must not murder.
You must not commit adultery.
You must not steal.
You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
You must not covet your neighbor's house.
You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female, servant,
ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the rams horn, and when
they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain,
they stood at a distance trembling with fear, and they said to Moses, you speak
to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak directly to us or we will die.
Don't be afraid.
Moses answered them.
For God has come in this way to test you.
And so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning.
As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was,
and the Lord said to Moses, say this to the people of Israel.
You saw for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.
Remember, you must not make any idols of silver or gold to rival me.
Build for me an altar made of earth and offer your sacrifices to me, your
burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle.
Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered and I
will come to you and bless you if you use stones to build my altar.
Use only natural uncut stones do not shape the stones with a tool for that
would make the altar unfit for holy use.
And do not approach my altar by going up steps.
If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.
These are the regulations you must present to Israel.
If you by a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years, set him
free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom if he
was single when he became your slave.
He shall leave single.
But if he was married before he became a slave, then his
wife must be freed with him.
If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons
or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year.
But his wife and children will still belong to his master,
but the slave may declare.
I love my master, my wife and my children.
I don't want to go free.
If he does this, his master must present him before God.
Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce
his ear with an all after that.
The slave will serve his master for life.
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the
end of six years as the men are.
If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back
again, but he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners since he is the
one who broke the contract with her.
But if the slave's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer
treat her as a slave, but as a daughter, If a man who has married a slave wife
takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife
to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy.
If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free
woman with without making any payment.
Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death.
But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge
where the slayer can run for safety.
However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the
slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.
Anyone who strikes father or mother must be put to death.
Kidnappers must be put to death whether they are caught in
possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.
Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death.
Now, suppose two men quarrel and one hits the other with a stone or
fist, and the injured person does not die, but is confined to bed.
If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the
assailant will not be punished, but must compensate his victim for lost
wages and provide for his full recovery.
If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies, as a
result, the owner must be punished.
But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be
punished since the slave is his property.
Now, suppose two men are fighting and in the process they accidentally
strike a pregnant woman, so she gives birth prematurely.
If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the
amount of compensation the woman's husband demands, and the judges approve.
But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury.
A life for a life.
An eye for an eye.
A tooth for a tooth.
A hand for a hand.
A foot for a foot.
A burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is
blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the
slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned
and its flesh may not be eaten.
In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable.
But suppose the OX had a reputation for goring and the owner had been informed
but failed to keep it under control.
If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned and the owner
must also be put to death.
However, the dead person's relatives may accept payment to
compensate for the loss of life.
The owner of the ox may redeem his life by paying whatever is demanded.
The same regulation applies if the ox gores a boy or girl, but if the ox gores
a slave, either male or female, the animal owner must pay the slave's owner 30
silver coins, and the ox must be stoned.
Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then
an ox or a donkey falls into it.
The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal,
but then he gets to keep the dead animal.
If someone's ox injures a neighbor's ox and the injured ox dies, then the
two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them.
They must also divide the dead animal.
But if the ox had a reputation for Goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under
control, he must pay full compensation.
A live ox for the dead one, but he may keep the Dead Ox.
This concludes today's Immerse reading experience.
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