(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
(ESV)
And
Sarai said to
Abram, “May the
wrong done to me be on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
(ESV)
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(NIV)
Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?’
(ESV)
Far be it from you to
do such a
thing, to put the
righteous to
death with the
wicked so that the
righteous fare as the
wicked!
Far be that from you! Shall not the
Judge of
all the
earth do what is
just?”
(NIV)
‘Get out of our way,’ they replied. ‘This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.’ They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
(ESV)
But they
said, “
Stand back!” And they
said, “This
fellow came to
sojourn, and he has
become the
judge!
Now we will
deal worse with you
than with them.” Then they
pressed hard against the
man Lot, and drew
near to
break the
door down.
(NIV)
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.’
So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
(ESV)
The
God of
Abraham and the
God of
Nahor, the
God of their
father,
judge between us.” So
Jacob swore by the
Fear of his
father Isaac,
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
(ESV)
In three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head and
restore you to your
office, and you shall
place Pharaoh’s cup in his
hand as
formerly, when you were his
cupbearer.
(NIV)
The man said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?’ Then Moses was afraid and thought, ‘What I did must have become known.’
(ESV)
He
answered, “
Who made you a
prince and a
judge over us? Do you
mean to
kill me as you
killed the
Egyptian?” Then
Moses was
afraid, and
thought, “
Surely the
thing is
known.”
(NIV)
and they said, ‘May the
Lord look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.’
(ESV)
and they
said to them, “The
Lord look on you and
judge, because you have
made us
stink in the
sight of
Pharaoh and his
servants, and have
put a
sword in their
hand to
kill us.”
(NIV)
‘Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
(ESV)
Say therefore to the
people of
Israel ‘I am the
Lord, and I will
bring you out from under the
burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will
deliver you from
slavery to them, and I will
redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with
great acts of
judgment.
(NIV)
he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
(ESV)
Pharaoh will not
listen to you. Then I will
lay my
hand on
Egypt and bring my
hosts, my
people the
children of
Israel,
out of the
land of
Egypt by
great acts of
judgment.
(NIV)
‘On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the
Lord.
(ESV)
For I will
pass through the
land of
Egypt that night, and I will
strike all the
firstborn in the
land of
Egypt,
both man and
beast; and on
all the
gods of
Egypt I will
execute judgments: I am the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then Moses cried out to the
Lord, and the
Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
There the
Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.
(ESV)
And he
cried to the
Lord, and the
Lord showed him a
log, and he
threw it into the
water, and the
water became sweet.
There the
Lord made for them a
statute and a
rule, and
there he
tested them,
(NIV)
The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood round him from morning till evening.
(ESV)
The
next day Moses sat to
judge the
people, and the
people stood around Moses from morning till evening.
(NIV)
Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.’
(ESV)
when they have a
dispute, they
come to me and I
decide between one person and another, and I make them
know the
statutes of
God and his
laws.”
(NIV)
Let them serve as judges for the people at all times, but let them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
(ESV)
And let them
judge the
people at
all times.
Every great matter they shall
bring to you, but any
small matter they shall
decide themselves. So it will be
easier for you, and they will
bear the burden with you.
(NIV)
They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.
(ESV)
And they
judged the
people at
all times. Any
hard case they
brought to
Moses, but any
small matter they decided themselves.
(NIV)
‘These are the laws you are to set before them:
(ESV)
“Now
these are the
rules that you shall
set before them.
(NIV)
If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.
(ESV)
If he
designates her for his
son, he shall
deal with her
as with a
daughter.
(NIV)
This law also applies if the bull gores a son or a daughter.
(ESV)
If it
gores a man’s
son or daughter, he shall be
dealt with according to this
same rule.
(NIV)
‘Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
(ESV)
“You shall
not pervert the
justice due to your
poor in his
lawsuit.
(NIV)
When Moses went and told the people all the
Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the
Lord has said we will do.’
(ESV)
Moses came and
told the
people all the
words of the
Lord and
all the
rules. And
all the
people answered with
one voice and
said “
All the
words that the
Lord has
spoken we will
do.”
(NIV)
‘Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
(ESV)
Then you shall
erect the
tabernacle according to the
plan for it that you were
shown on the
mountain.
(NIV)
‘Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions – the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.
(ESV)
“You shall
make a
breastpiece of
judgment, in
skilled work. In the
style of the
ephod you shall
make it—of
gold,
blue and
purple and
scarlet yarns, and
fine twined linen shall you
make it.
(NIV)
‘Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the
Lord.
(ESV)
So
Aaron shall
bear the
names of the
sons of
Israel in the
breastpiece of
judgment on his
heart, when he
goes into the
Holy Place, to bring them to
regular remembrance before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the
Lord. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the
Lord.
(ESV)
And in the
breastpiece of
judgment you shall
put the
Urim and the
Thummim, and they shall be on
Aaron’s heart, when he
goes in
before the
Lord. Thus
Aaron shall
bear the
judgment of the
people of
Israel on his
heart before the
Lord regularly.
(NIV)
or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realise their guilt –
(ESV)
or
if anyone utters with his
lips a
rash oath to do
evil or to do
good, any sort of
rash oath that
people swear, and it is
hidden from him, when he comes to
know it, and he
realizes his guilt in
any of these;
(NIV)
The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
(ESV)
Then he shall
offer the
second for a
burnt offering according to the
rule. And the
priest shall
make atonement for him for the
sin that he has
committed, and he shall be
forgiven.
(NIV)
He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way.
(ESV)
And he
presented the
burnt offering and
offered it according to the
rule.
(NIV)
You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the
Lord your God.
(ESV)
You shall
follow my
rules and
keep my
statutes and
walk in them. I am the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the
Lord.
(ESV)
You shall therefore
keep my
statutes and my
rules;
if a
person does them, he shall
live by them: I am the
Lord.
(NIV)
But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,
(ESV)
But you shall
keep my
statutes and my
rules and do
none of these
abominations, either the
native or the
stranger who
sojourns among you
(NIV)
‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.
(ESV)
“You shall
do no
injustice in
court. You shall not be
partial to the
poor or
defer to the
great, but in
righteousness shall you
judge your
neighbor.
(NIV)
‘“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
(ESV)
“You shall
do no
wrong in
judgment, in measures of
length or
weight or
quantity.
(NIV)
‘“Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the
Lord.”’
(ESV)
And you shall
observe all my
statutes and all my
rules, and
do them: I am the
Lord.”
(NIV)
‘“Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.
(ESV)
“You shall therefore
keep all my
statutes and all my
rules and
do them, that the
land where I am
bringing you to
live may not
vomit you out.
(NIV)
You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the
Lord your God.”’
(ESV)
You shall have the
same rule for the
sojourner and for the
native, for I am the
Lord your
God.”
(NIV)
‘“Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.
(ESV)
“Therefore you shall
do my
statutes and
keep my
rules and
perform them, and then you will
dwell in the
land securely.
(NIV)
and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,
(ESV)
if you
spurn my
statutes, and if your
soul abhors my
rules, so that you will not
do all my
commandments, but
break my
covenant,
(NIV)
For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.
(ESV)
But the
land shall be
abandoned by them and
enjoy its
Sabbaths while it
lies desolate without them, and they shall
make amends for their
iniquity,
because they
spurned my
rules and their
soul abhorred my
statutes.
(NIV)
These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the
Lord established at Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
(ESV)
These are the
statutes and
rules and
laws that the
Lord made between himself and the
people of
Israel through Moses on
Mount Sinai.
(NIV)
Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.’
(ESV)
On the
fourteenth day of this
month, at
twilight, you shall
keep it at its
appointed time; according to
all its
statutes and
all its
rules you shall
keep it.”
(NIV)
‘“A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the
Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.”’
(ESV)
And
if a
stranger sojourns among you and would
keep the
Passover to the
Lord, according to the
statute of the
Passover and according to its
rule,
so shall he
do. You shall have
one statute, both for the
sojourner and for the
native.”
(NIV)
the same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.”’
(ESV)
One law and
one rule shall be for you and for the
stranger who
sojourns with you.”
(NIV)
and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the
Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.
(ESV)
then
if it was
done unintentionally without the
knowledge of the
congregation,
all the
congregation shall
offer one bull from the
herd for a
burnt offering, a
pleasing aroma to the
Lord, with its
grain offering and its
drink offering, according to the
rule, and
one male goat for a
sin offering.
(NIV)
So Moses said to Israel’s judges, ‘Each of you must put to death those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.’
(ESV)
And
Moses said to the
judges of
Israel, “
Each of
you kill those of his
men who have
yoked themselves to
Baal of Peor.”
(NIV)
So Moses brought their case before the
Lord,
(ESV)
Moses brought their
case before the
Lord.
(NIV)
If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law for the Israelites, as the
Lord commanded Moses.”’
(ESV)
And
if his
father has
no brothers, then you shall
give his
inheritance to the
nearest kinsman of his
clan, and he shall
possess it. And it shall be for the
people of
Israel a
statute and
rule, as the
Lord commanded Moses.’”
(NIV)
He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by enquiring of the Urim before the
Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.’
(ESV)
And he shall
stand before Eleazar the
priest, who shall
inquire for him by the
judgment of the
Urim before the
Lord.
At his
word they shall
go out, and
at his
word they shall
come in, both he and
all the
people of
Israel with him, the
whole congregation.”
(NIV)
These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are food offerings presented to the
Lord, a pleasing aroma.
(ESV)
besides the
burnt offering of the new
moon, and its
grain offering, and the
regular burnt offering and its
grain offering, and their
drink offering, according to the
rule for them, for a
pleasing aroma, a
food offering to the
Lord.
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
with the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bulls, for the
rams, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.
(ESV)
and the
grain offering and the
drink offerings for the
bull, for the
ram, and for the
lambs, in the
prescribed quantities;
(NIV)
who were burying all their firstborn, whom the
Lord had struck down among them; for the
Lord had brought judgment on their gods.
(ESV)
while the
Egyptians were
burying all their
firstborn,
whom the
Lord had
struck down among them. On their
gods also the
Lord executed judgments.
(NIV)
They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.
(ESV)
The
cities shall be for you a
refuge from the
avenger, that the
manslayer may
not die until he
stands before the
congregation for
judgment.
(NIV)
the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
(ESV)
then the
congregation shall
judge between the
manslayer and the
avenger of
blood, in accordance
with these rules.
(NIV)
‘“This is to have the force of law for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.
(ESV)
And these
things shall be for a
statute and
rule for you throughout your
generations in
all your
dwelling places.
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