NKJV Bible in 365 Days
Civil & Moral Laws — January 24
Exodus 22-24
Exodus 22
1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. 365N 24.1
2 If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed. 365N 24.2
3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold [a] for his theft. 365N 24.3
4 If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double. 365N 24.4
5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. 365N 24.5
6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 365N 24.6
7 “If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. 365N 24.7
8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods. 365N 24.8
9 “For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor. 365N 24.9
10 If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it, 365N 24.10
11 then an oath of the Lord shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good. 365N 24.11
12 But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it. 365N 24.12
13 If it is torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn. 365N 24.13
14 “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good. 365N 24.14
15 If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire. 365N 24.15
16 “If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife. 365N 24.16
17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the bride-price of virgins. 365N 24.17
18 “You shall not permit a sorceress to live. 365N 24.18
19 “Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death. 365N 24.19
20 “He who sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 365N 24.20
21 “You shall neither mistreat a [b] stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 365N 24.21
22 “You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 365N 24.22
23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; 365N 24.23
24 and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 365N 24.24
25 “If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. 365N 24.25
26 If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. 365N 24.26
27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. 365N 24.27
28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. 365N 24.28
29 “You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. 365N 24.29
30 Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. 365N 24.30
31 “And you shall be holy men to Me: you shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. 365N 24.31
Exodus 23
1 “You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 365N 24.32
2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice. 365N 24.33
3 You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute. 365N 24.34
4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 365N 24.35
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it. 365N 24.36
6 “You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute. 365N 24.37
7 Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked. 365N 24.38
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous. 365N 24.39
9 “Also you shall not oppress a [a] stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 365N 24.40
10 “Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 365N 24.41
11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your [b] olive grove. 365N 24.42
12 Six 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 stranger may be refreshed. 365N 24.43
13 “And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth. 365N 24.44
14 “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: 365N 24.45
15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty); 365N 24.46
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field. 365N 24.47
17 “Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord [c] God . 365N 24.48
18 “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My [d] sacrifice remain until morning. 365N 24.49
19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. 365N 24.50
20 “Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 365N 24.51
21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. 365N 24.52
22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 365N 24.53
23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will [e] cut them off. 365N 24.54
24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars. 365N 24.55
25 “So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 365N 24.56
26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. 365N 24.57
27 “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 365N 24.58
28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 365N 24.59
29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 365N 24.60
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. 365N 24.61
31 And I will set your [f] bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the [g] River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 365N 24.62
32 You shall make no [h] covenant with them, nor with their gods. 365N 24.63
33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” 365N 24.64
Exodus 24
1 Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord , you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 365N 24.65
2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord , but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him.” 365N 24.66
3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the [a] judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the Lord has said we will do.” 365N 24.67
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord . And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 365N 24.68
5 Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord . 365N 24.69
6 And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 365N 24.70
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.” 365N 24.71
8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.” 365N 24.72
9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 365N 24.73
10 and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very [b] heavens in its clarity. 365N 24.74
11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not [c] lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank. 365N 24.75
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.” 365N 24.76
13 So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. 365N 24.77
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.” 365N 24.78
15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain. 365N 24.79
16 Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 365N 24.80
17 The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 365N 24.81
18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. 365N 24.82