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But if a person's bull has hurt other animals in the past and the owner did not keep it in a pen, that owner must pay bull for bull, and the dead animal is his.

"The robber who is caught must pay back what he stole. If he owns nothing, he must be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole. If the stolen animal is found alive with the robber, he must give the owner two animals for every animal he stole, whether it was a bull, donkey, or sheep. "If a thief is killed while breaking into a house at night, the one who killed him is not guilty of murder. But if this happens during the day, he is guilty of murder.

But if the thief is never found, the owner of the house must make a promise before God that he has not stolen his neighbor's things.

But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must pay the owner for it.

But if the owner is with the animal, the one who borrowed it does not have to pay. If the animal was rented, the rental price covers the loss.

But if her father refuses to allow his daughter to marry him, the man must still give the usual payment for a bride who has never had sexual relations.

"You should work six days a week, but on the seventh day you must rest. This lets your ox and your donkey rest, and it also lets the slave born in your house and the foreigner be refreshed.

But I will not force all those people out in only one year. If I did, the land would become a desert and the wild animals would become too many for you.

These leaders of the Israelites saw God, but God did not destroy them. Then they ate and drank together.

They should eat these offerings that were used to remove their sins and to make them holy when they were made priests. But no one else is to eat them, because they are holy things.

There are six days for working, but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day holy for the Lord . Anyone who works during the Sabbath day must be put to death.

The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron and said, "Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us."

But Moses begged the Lord his God and said, " Lord , don't let your anger destroy your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with your great power and strength.

The people said to me, ‘Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us.'

The next day Moses told the people, "You have done a terrible sin. But now I will go up to the Lord . Maybe I can do something so your sins will be removed."

But the Lord told Moses, "I will erase from my book the names of the people who sin against me.

Go up to a fertile land. But I will not go with you, because I might destroy you on the way, since you are such a stubborn people."

The Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but Moses' young helper, Joshua son of Nun, did not leave the Tent.

Moses said to the Lord , "You have told me to lead these people, but you did not say whom you would send with me. You have said to me, ‘I know you very well, and I am pleased with you.'

But you cannot see my face, because no one can see me and live.