because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.’

because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Laban also said to Jacob, ‘Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

Then Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap and the pillar, which I have set between you and me.

Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

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.

Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”

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.

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.

The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.’

There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”

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.

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.

Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.

“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.

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,

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.

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.

Then the  Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

And the  Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

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.”

Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.

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.

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.’

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.”

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.’

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.”

And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.

‘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.

“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.

‘“These are the regulations for the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the  Lord, in front of the altar.

“And this is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the  Lord in front of the altar.

‘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.

“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.

‘“These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:

“This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.

‘“The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: they belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.

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.

‘“These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the  Lord:

“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the  Lord.

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,

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,

and so you can teach the Israelites all the decrees the  Lord has given them through Moses.’

and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the  Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”

‘“These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:

“This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease and who cannot afford the usual offerings for their cleansing.

This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.”

These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease, for a sore,

This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch,

to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling moulds.

to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.

These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,

This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;

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.

‘“This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband,

“This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife though under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

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.

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.

‘“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.

“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,

‘“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.”’

“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.”

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.”

One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

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.

‘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.

“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.

‘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,

“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.

‘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.’

So we overthrew them;
Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished;
and we laid waste as far as Nophah;
fire spread as far as Medeba.”

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:

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:

East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:

Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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?

And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

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.’

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.’

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.

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.

This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.

This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel.

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.

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.

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.’

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.’

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,

“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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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

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,

When you enter the land the  Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

“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.