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.’

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!”

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.’

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.”

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?’

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?”

‘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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.’

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.”

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.’

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.”

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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,

The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood round him from morning till evening.

The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.

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.’

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.”

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.

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.

They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

‘These are the laws you are to set before them:

“Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.

If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

This law also applies if the bull gores a son or a daughter.

If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

‘Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

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.’

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.”

‘Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.

‘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.

“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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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 –

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;

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.

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.

He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way.

And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule.

You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God.

You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.

Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

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,

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

‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

“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.

‘“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

‘“Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.”’

And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”

‘“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.

“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.

You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.”’

You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God.”

‘“Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.

“Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely.

and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,

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,

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.

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.

These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the Lord established at Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses.

These are the statutes and rules and laws that the Lord made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai.

Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.’

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.”

‘“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.”’

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.”

the same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.”’

One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”

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.

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.

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.’

And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.”

So Moses brought their case before the Lord,

Moses brought their case before the Lord.

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.”’

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.’”

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.’

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.”

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.

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.

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

and the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.

while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

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.

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.

the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.

‘“This is to have the force of law for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.

And these things shall be for a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.