Exodus 23
- 1You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- 2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to twist judgment:
- 3Neither shall you face a poor man in his cause.
- 4If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
- 5If you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under his burden, and would hold back from helping him, you shall surely help with him.
- 6You shall not twist the judgment of your poor in his cause.
- 7Keep far from a false matter. Do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
- 8And you shall take no gift. For the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
- 9Also you shall not oppress a foreigner. For you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- 10And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its fruits:
- 11But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still. That the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your oliveyard.
- 12Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant, and the foreigner, may be refreshed.
- 13And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.
- 14Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.
- 15You shall keep the Feast of Bread Made Without Yeast. You shall eat bread made without yeast seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib. For in it you came out from Egypt. And none shall appear before me empty.
- 16And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.
- 17Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
- 18You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with bread made with yeast. Neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
- 19The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in his mother's milk.
- 20I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
- 21Beware of him, and obey his voice, do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your rebellion. For my name is in him.
- 22But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an enemy to your enemies.
- 23For my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
- 24You shall not bow down to their gods, or serve them, or do after their works: but you shall completely overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
- 25And you shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water. I will take sickness away from among you.
- 26There shall nothing cast their young, or be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfil.
- 27I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people you come to, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
- 28And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
- 29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, or else the land become ruined, and the beast of the field multiply against you.
- 30By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased, and inherit the land.
- 31And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river. For I will deliver the people of the land into your hand. You shall drive them out before you.
- 32You shall make no covenant with them, or with their gods.
- 33They shall not live in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 23 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
GIGAKJVYou shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
KJVThou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
GIGAKJVYou shall not follow a crowd to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to twist judgment:
KJVNeither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you face a poor man in his cause.
KJVIf thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
GIGAKJVIf you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
KJVIf thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
GIGAKJVIf you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under his burden, and would hold back from helping him, you shall surely help with him.
KJVThou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
GIGAKJVYou shall not twist the judgment of your poor in his cause.
KJVKeep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
GIGAKJVKeep far from a false matter. Do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
KJVAnd thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall take no gift. For the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
KJVAlso thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
GIGAKJVAlso you shall not oppress a foreigner. For you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
KJVAnd six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
GIGAKJVAnd six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its fruits:
KJVBut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
GIGAKJVBut the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still. That the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your oliveyard.
KJVSix days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
GIGAKJVSix days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant, and the foreigner, may be refreshed.
KJVAnd in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
GIGAKJVAnd in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.
KJVThree times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
GIGAKJVThree times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.
KJVThou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
GIGAKJVYou shall keep the Feast of Bread Made Without Yeast. You shall eat bread made without yeast seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib. For in it you came out from Egypt. And none shall appear before me empty.
KJVAnd the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
GIGAKJVAnd the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.
KJVThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
GIGAKJVThree times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
KJVThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
GIGAKJVYou shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with bread made with yeast. Neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
KJVThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
GIGAKJVThe first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in his mother's milk.
KJVBehold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
GIGAKJVI send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
KJVBeware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
GIGAKJVBeware of him, and obey his voice, do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your rebellion. For my name is in him.
KJVBut if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
GIGAKJVBut if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an enemy to your enemies.
KJVFor mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
GIGAKJVFor my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
KJVThou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
GIGAKJVYou shall not bow down to their gods, or serve them, or do after their works: but you shall completely overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
KJVAnd ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water. I will take sickness away from among you.
KJVThere shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
GIGAKJVThere shall nothing cast their young, or be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfil.
KJVI will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
GIGAKJVI will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people you come to, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
KJVAnd I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
GIGAKJVAnd I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
KJVI will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
GIGAKJVI will not drive them out from before you in one year, or else the land become ruined, and the beast of the field multiply against you.
KJVBy little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
GIGAKJVBy little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased, and inherit the land.
KJVAnd I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
GIGAKJVAnd I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river. For I will deliver the people of the land into your hand. You shall drive them out before you.
KJVThou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
GIGAKJVYou shall make no covenant with them, or with their gods.
KJVThey shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
GIGAKJVThey shall not live in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
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