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"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin."

'You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

'You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.

"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.

"If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

"If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

"But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and shall take care of him until he is completely healed.

"If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.

"But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

"If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.

"Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

"But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.