Forced Labor

`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand--he is certainly avenged;

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast <FI>are<Fi> of the nations who <FI>are<Fi> round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

and Adoram <FI>is<Fi> over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud <FI>is<Fi> the remembrancer,

and He saith to Abram, `knowing--know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

and they who are with me the light did see, and became afraid, and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me--

this is the disciple who is testifying concerning these things, and he wrote these things, and we have known that his testimony is true.

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; — read the full passage →

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him, — read the full passage →

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; — read the full passage →

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. — read the full passage →

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace, — read the full passage →

`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace,

`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace, — read the full passage →

`When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years--then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee. — read the full passage →

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, — read the full passage →

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

`And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth <FI>riches<Fi> , and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,

`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast <FI>are<Fi> of the nations who <FI>are<Fi> round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

`He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye; — read the full passage →

only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he <FI>is<Fi> his money.

`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; — read the full passage →

and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens; — read the full passage →

And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money--every male among the men of Abraham's house--and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'