(NIV)
because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.’
(ESV)
because Abraham obeyed my
voice and
kept my
charge, my
commandments, my
statutes, and my
laws.”
(NIV)
Laban also said to Jacob, ‘Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.
(ESV)
Then
Laban said to
Jacob, “See this
heap and the
pillar, which I have
set between you and
me.
(NIV)
Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,
(ESV)
He had
sent Judah ahead of him to
Joseph to
show the way
before him in
Goshen, and they
came into the
land of
Goshen.
(NIV)
Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’
(ESV)
Now therefore
go, and I will be with your
mouth and
teach you what you shall
speak.”
(NIV)
You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.
(ESV)
You shall
speak to him and
put the
words in his
mouth, and I will be with your
mouth and with his
mouth and will
teach you both what to
do.
(NIV)
The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.’
(ESV)
There shall be
one law for the
native and for the
stranger who
sojourns among you.”
(NIV)
This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the
Lord is to be on your lips. For the
Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
(ESV)
And it shall be to you as a
sign on your
hand and as a
memorial between your
eyes, that the
law of the
Lord may be in your
mouth. For with a
strong hand the
Lord has
brought you out of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.
(ESV)
“
Pharaoh’s chariots and his
host he
cast into the
sea,
and his
chosen officers were
sunk in the
Red Sea.
(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)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Behold, I am about to
rain bread from
heaven for you, and the
people shall
go out and
gather a
day’s portion every
day, that
I may test them,
whether they will
walk in my
law or
not.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?
(ESV)
And the
Lord said to
Moses, “
How long will you
refuse to
keep my
commandments and my
laws?
(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)
Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.
(ESV)
and you shall
warn them about the
statutes and the
laws, and make them
know the
way in which they must
walk and
what they must
do.
(NIV)
They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.” Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.’
(ESV)
No hand shall
touch him, but
he shall be
stoned or shot;
whether beast or man, he shall
not live.’ When the
trumpet sounds a
long blast, they shall
come up to the
mountain.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.’
(ESV)
The
Lord said to
Moses, “Come
up to me on the
mountain and wait there, that I may
give you the
tablets of
stone, with the
law and the
commandment, which I have
written for their
instruction.”
(NIV)
And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
(ESV)
And he has
inspired him to
teach, both him and
Oholiab the
son of
Ahisamach of the
tribe of
Dan.
(NIV)
‘Give Aaron and his sons this command: “These are the regulations for the burnt offering: the burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
(ESV)
“
Command Aaron and his
sons,
saying, This is the
law of the
burnt offering. The
burnt offering shall be on the
hearth on the
altar all
night until the
morning, and the
fire of the
altar shall be
kept burning on it.
(NIV)
‘“These are the regulations for the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the
Lord, in front of the altar.
(ESV)
“And this is the
law of the
grain offering. The
sons of
Aaron shall
offer it
before the
Lord in front
of the
altar.
(NIV)
‘Say to Aaron and his sons: “These are the regulations for the sin offering: the sin offering is to be slaughtered before the
Lord in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy.
(ESV)
“
Speak to
Aaron and his
sons,
saying This is the
law of the
sin offering. In the
place where the
burnt offering is
killed shall the
sin offering be
killed before the
Lord; it is
most holy.
(NIV)
‘“These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:
(ESV)
“This is the
law of the
guilt offering. It is
most holy.
(NIV)
‘“The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: they belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.
(ESV)
The
guilt offering is just like the
sin offering; there is
one law for them. The
priest who makes
atonement with it shall have it.
(NIV)
‘“These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the
Lord:
(ESV)
“And this is the
law of the
sacrifice of
peace offerings that one may
offer to the
Lord.
(NIV)
These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering,
(ESV)
This is the
law of the
burnt offering, of the
grain offering, of the
sin offering, of the
guilt offering, of the
ordination offering, and of the
peace offering,
(NIV)
and so you can teach the Israelites all the decrees the
Lord has given them through Moses.’
(ESV)
and you are to
teach the
people of
Israel all the
statutes that the
Lord has
spoken to them
by Moses.”
(NIV)
‘“These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground.
(ESV)
This is the
law about
beast and
bird and every
living creature that
moves through the
waters and every
creature that
swarms on the
ground,
(NIV)
He shall offer them before the
Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.
‘“These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.
(ESV)
and he shall
offer it
before the
Lord and
make atonement for her. Then she shall be
clean from the
flow of her
blood. This is the
law for her who
bears a child, either
male or
female.
(NIV)
These are the regulations concerning defiling moulds in woollen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.
(ESV)
This is the
law for a
case of
leprous disease in a
garment of
wool or
linen, either in the
warp or the
woof, or in any
article made of
skin, to determine whether it is
clean or
unclean.
(NIV)
‘These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:
(ESV)
“This shall be the
law of the
leprous person for the
day of his
cleansing. He shall be
brought to the
priest,
(NIV)
These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease and who cannot afford the usual offerings for their cleansing.
(ESV)
This is the
law for him in whom is a
case of
leprous disease,
who cannot afford the offerings for his
cleansing.”
(NIV)
These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease, for a sore,
(ESV)
This is the
law for any
case of
leprous disease: for an
itch,
(NIV)
to determine when something is clean or unclean.
These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling moulds.
(ESV)
to
show when it is
unclean and
when it is
clean. This is the
law for
leprous disease.
(NIV)
These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,
(ESV)
This is the
law for him who has a
discharge and for him
who has an
emission of
semen, becoming
unclean thereby;
(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)
‘“This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband,
(ESV)
“
This is the
law in cases of
jealousy,
when a
wife though
under her husband’s
authority, goes
astray and
defiles herself,
(NIV)
or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to make her stand before the
Lord and is to apply this entire law to her.
(ESV)
or when the
spirit of
jealousy comes over a
man and he is
jealous of his
wife. Then he shall
set the
woman before the
Lord, and the
priest shall carry
out for her
all this law.
(NIV)
‘“Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over. They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
“And
this is the
law for the
Nazirite when the
time of his
separation has been
completed: he shall be
brought to the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting,
(NIV)
‘“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows offerings to the
Lord in accordance with their dedication, in addition to whatever else they can afford. They must fulfil the vows they have made, according to the law of the Nazirite.”’
(ESV)
“
This is the
law of the
Nazirite.
But if he
vows an
offering to the
Lord above his
Nazirite vow, as he can
afford, in exact
accordance with the
vow that he
takes, then he shall
do in addition
to the
law of the
Nazirite.”
(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)
One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.
(ESV)
You shall have
one law for him who
does anything
unintentionally, for him who is
native among the
people of
Israel and for the
stranger who
sojourns among them.
(NIV)
‘This is a requirement of the law that the
Lord has commanded: tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.
(ESV)
“This is the
statute of the
law that the
Lord has
commanded:
Tell the
people of
Israel to
bring you a
red heifer without
defect, in which there is no
blemish and
on which a
yoke has
never come.
(NIV)
‘This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days,
(ESV)
“This is the
law when
someone dies in a
tent: everyone who
comes into the
tent and everyone who is in the
tent shall be
unclean seven days.
(NIV)
‘But we have overthrown them;
Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
which extends to Medeba.’
(ESV)
So we
overthrew them;
Heshbon, as far
as Dibon,
perished;
and we
laid waste as far
as Nophah;
fire spread
as far as Medeba.”
(NIV)
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, ‘This is what is required by the law that the
Lord gave Moses:
(ESV)
Then
Eleazar the
priest said to the
men in the
army who had
gone to
battle: “
This is the
statute of the
law that the
Lord has
commanded Moses:
(NIV)
East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
(ESV)
Beyond the
Jordan in the
land of
Moab,
Moses undertook to
explain this law,
saying,
(NIV)
Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the
Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
(ESV)
“And
now, O
Israel,
listen to the
statutes and the
rules that I am
teaching you, and
do them,
that you may
live, and
go in and
take possession of the
land that the
Lord, the
God of your
fathers, is
giving you.
(NIV)
See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the
Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
(ESV)
See, I have
taught you
statutes and
rules,
as the
Lord my
God commanded me,
that you should
do them
in the
land that you are
entering to
take possession of it.
(NIV)
And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
(ESV)
And
what great nation is there,
that has
statutes and
rules so
righteous as
all this law that I
set before you
today?
(NIV)
Remember the day you stood before the
Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, ‘Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.’
(ESV)
how on the
day that you
stood before the
Lord your
God at
Horeb, the
Lord said to me, ‘
Gather the
people to me, that I may let them
hear my
words, so
that they may
learn to
fear me
all the
days that they
live on the
earth, and that they may
teach their
children so.’
(NIV)
And the
Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
(ESV)
And the
Lord commanded me at that
time to
teach you
statutes and
rules, that you might
do them in the
land that you are going
over to
possess.
(NIV)
This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.
(ESV)
This is the
law that Moses set before the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, Israel, the decrees and the laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.
(ESV)
And
Moses summoned all Israel and
said to them, “
Hear, O
Israel, the
statutes and the
rules that I
speak in your
hearing today, and you shall
learn them and be
careful to
do them.
(NIV)
But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws that you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.’
(ESV)
But you,
stand here by
me, and I will
tell you the
whole commandment and the
statutes and the
rules that you shall
teach them,
that they may
do them in the
land that I am
giving them to
possess.’
(NIV)
These are the commands, decrees and laws the
Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
(ESV)
“Now
this is the
commandment—the
statutes and the
rules —
that the
Lord your
God commanded me to
teach you, that you may
do them in the
land to
which you are going
over, to
possess it,
(NIV)
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
(ESV)
You shall
teach them to your
children,
talking of them when you are
sitting in your
house, and when you are
walking by the
way, and when you
lie down, and when you
rise.
(NIV)
Eat the tithe of your corn, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the
Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the
Lord your God always.
(ESV)
And
before the
Lord your
God, in the
place that he will
choose, to make his
name dwell there, you shall
eat the
tithe of your
grain, of your
wine, and of your
oil, and the
firstborn of your
herd and
flock,
that you may
learn to
fear the
Lord your
God always.
(NIV)
You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the
Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do.
(ESV)
Then you shall
do according
to what they
declare to you
from that
place that the
Lord will
choose. And you shall be
careful to
do according to
all that they
direct you.
(NIV)
Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.
(ESV)
According
to the
instructions that they
give you, and according
to the
decision which they
pronounce to you, you shall
do. You shall
not turn aside from the
verdict that they
declare to you, either to the
right hand or to the
left.
(NIV)
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.
(ESV)
“And when he
sits on the
throne of his
kingdom he shall
write for himself in a
book a
copy of
this law approved by the
Levitical priests.
(NIV)
It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the
Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees
(ESV)
And it shall be
with him, and he shall
read in it
all the
days of his
life,
that he may
learn to
fear the
Lord his
God by
keeping all the
words of
this law and
these statutes, and
doing them,
(NIV)
When you enter the land the
Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
(ESV)
“When you
come into the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you, you shall
not learn to
follow the
abominable practices of those
nations.
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