Justbebronze by Justina A. Bell

  Exodus 22:1-31 Laws about Theft When a man steals an ox or a sheep and butchers it or sell it, he must repay five cattle for the ox or four sheep for the sheep. If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed. But if this happens after sunrise, the householder is guilty of bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution. If he is unable, he is to be sold because of his theft .  If what was stolen-whether ox, donkey, or sheep-is actually found alive in his possession, he must repay double. Laws about Crop Protection When a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed in, and then allows his animals to go and graze in someone else's field, he must repay with the best of his own field or vineyard. When a fire gets out of control, spreads to thornbushes, and consumes stacks of cut grain, standing grain, or a field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution for what was burned. Laws about Personal Property When a man ...

Exodus 21:1-36  These are the ordinances that you are to set before them: Law about Slaves When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything. If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone. But if the slaves declare, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man," his master is to bring him to the judges and then bring him to the judges and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master will pierce his ear with an awl and will serve his master for life. When a man sells his daughter as a concubine, she is not to leave as the male slaves do. If she is displeasing to her master, who chose her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell h...

  Exodus 20:1-26 The Ten Commandments Then God spoke these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,out of the place of slavery Do not have other gods besides me. Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on earth below or in the water under the earth.do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children to the  third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands. Do not misuse the name of Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is Sabbath to the Lord your God You must do work-you, your son, or daughter, your male or female, your livestock, or resident alien wh...

  Exodus 19:1-25 Israel at Sinai In the third month the very day the Israelites left the land of Egypt, they came to the Sinai Wilderness. They traveled from Rephidim, came to the Sinai Wilderness, and camped in the wilderness. Moses went up to the mountain to God, and Lord called to him from the mountain."This is what you must say to the house of Jacob and explain to the Israelites: You have seen what I did to Egyptian and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Moses summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. Then all the people responded together, "We will do all that the Lord has spoken." The Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will always believe you. "Moses reported the people's words to the Lord, and the Lord told Moses," Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes and be ...

  Exodus 18:1-27 Jethro's Visit  Moses father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses a for God's people Israel when the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt. Moses Father-in-law, Jethro, along with Moses's wife and son, came to him in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God. He sent word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons."Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that confronted them on the way, and how the Lord rescued them. Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the Lord had done for Israel when he rescued them the power of Egyptians. Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses's father-in-law in God's presence. The next day Moses sa...

  Exodus 17:1-16 Water from the Rock The Israelites Community left the Wilderness of Sin. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people complained to Moses, "Give us water to drink."  Why are you complaining to me?" Moses replied to them. "Why are you testing the Lord?" The people grumbled, "why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst? "Then Moses cried out to the Lord, "what should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!" The Lord answered Moses, Take the staff you struck the Nile within your hand and go. I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink." The Amalekites Attack Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel. Moses said to Joshua, "Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hil...

  Exodus 16:1-36 Manna and Quail Provided The glory of the Lord became apparent to the people in a cloud over the desert(exodus16:10). But more was to come from the sky. God provided meat (quail that flew into camp each evening) and bread (manna: wafer-like flakes that landed on the dew each morning) for the people. The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Cannan. In Exodus, the author only makes a brief reference to the quails, saying that they "came up and covered the camp" (16:13). The account in Exodus focuses much more on God's gift of manna. The manna is described as " bread from heaven," indicating that God created it expressly for the Hebrews (Ex.16:4)  Gift of manna and quills on the wilderness when the Israelites came to the wilderness of sin, they were hungry they murmured against Moses and Aaron and wished they were left in Egypt where food was available refer th...

 Exodus 15:1-27 Israel's Song Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said: I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. He threw Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea; the elite of his officers were drowned in the Red Sea. The floods covered them; they sank to the depth like a stone. Lord, your right hand is glorious in power. Lord, your right hand shattered the enemy. You overthrew your adversaries by your great majesty. You unleashed your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. The water heaped up at the blast from your nostrils; the currents stood firm like a dam. The watery depth congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said: "I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. ...