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It is Joy to the Juft to do Judgment.

To do Juftice and Judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice.

f If a Man be just, and do that which is lawful and right; hath not oppreffed any, hath fpoiled none by Violence, hath withdrawn his Hand from Iniquity, and hath executed true Judgment between Man and Man; he shall surely live, faith the Lord God.

8 Let none of you imagine Evil against his Brother in your Heart.

Devise not Evil against thy Neighbour, feeing he dwelleth fecurely by thee.

iHe that devifeth to do Evil, shall be called a mifchievous Perfon.

* Do no Wrong, do no Violence. Why do ye not rather take Wrong than do Wrong to your Brethren?

To have refpect of Perfons is not good; for, for a Piece of Bread that Man will tranfgrefs.

He that doth Wrong, fhall receive for the Wrong which he hath done. As he hath done, it fhall be done unto him; his Reward fhall return upon his own Head.

" Wo to thee that spoileft, and thon waft not fpoiled; and dealeft treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee.

• Wo unto them which justify the Wicked for Reward, and take away the Righteousness of the Righteous from him.

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Whoso rewardeth Evil for Good, Evil shall not depart from his House.

All that do unrighteously are an Abomination unto the Lord.

Particular Kinds of INJUSTICE forbid.

• Thou shalt not kill.

Murder. • Whofo fheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed; for in the Image of God made he Man.

Surely, faith God, the Blood of your Lives will I require. At the Hand of every Beast will I require it; and at the Hand of Man, at the Hand of every Man's Brother, will I require the Life of Man.

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If any Man hate his Neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rife up against him, and smite him mortally, that he die; thine Eye fhall not pity him; but thou fhalt put away the Guilt of innocent Blood from thy Land.

w But whofo killeth his Neighbour ignorantly or unawares, whom he hated not in Time paft; or if he thrust him fuddenly, without Enmity, or have cast upon him any Thing, without laying of wait, and fought not his Harm; he is not wor thy of Death, inafmuch as he hated him not in Time past.

* If a Man finite his Servant, and he die under his Hand, he fhall be furely punished.

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Exod. 20. 13.

u Deut. 19. 11, 13, 10. Deut. 19. 4. Numb. 35.

x Exod. 21. 20.

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* If a Thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there fhall no Blood be fhed for him.

z Whofo killeth any Perfon, the Murderer fhal be put to Death by the Mouth of Witneffes; but one Witness fhall not testify against any Perfon,

to cause him to die.

a Ye shall take no Satisfaction for the Life of a Murderer which is guilty of Death; but he fhall be furely put to Death. For Blood it defileth the Land; and the Land cannot be cleanfed of the Blood that is fhed therein, but by the Blood of him that fhed it.

b Wo unto them that fhed the Blood of War in Peace; and that condemn and kill the Juft, and he doth not refift them.

The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful Men; and they fhall not live out half their Days. d He that fmiteth his Father or his Mother, shall be surely put to Death.

Striking

If Men ftrive together, and one fmite another, and he die not, but keepeth his Bed; if he rife again, and walk abroad upon his Staff, then fhall he that fmote him be quit, only he fhall pay for the Lofs of his Time, and thall caufe him to be thoroughly healed.

f If Men ftrive, and any Mischief follow; then thou fhalt give Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth, Hand for Hand, Foot for Foot, Wound for Wound, Stripe for Stripe.

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* If a Man cause a Blemish in his Neighbour; as he hath done, fo fhall it be done unto him.

If Men ftrive and hurt a Woman with Child, fo that her Fruit depart from her, and yet no Mischief follow; he thall be furely punished according as the Woman's Hufband lay upon him; and he thall pay as the Judges determine.

i Curfed be he that fmiteth his Neighbour fecretly.

Thou shalt not commit Adultery.

Adultery. If a Man committeth Adultery with another Man's Wife, the Adulterer and the Adulterefs fhall furely be put to Death.

If any Man's Wife hath gone afide to another, instead of her Husband, the fhall be a Curfe among her People.

n Whofo committeth Adultery with a Woman, Jacketh Understanding; he that doth it, destroyeth his own Soul, A Wound and Dishonour fhall he get; and his Reproach fhall not be wiped away. For Jealoufy is the Rage of a Man; therefore he will not fpare in the Day of Vengeance: He will not regard any Ranfom; neither will he reft content, though thou giveft many Gifts.

Corrupting
Virgins.

• If a Damfel that is a Virgin, be betrothed unto a Husband, and a Man find her and lie with her, they fhall both of them die.

Lev. 24. 19. Exod. 20. 14.

▲ Exod. 21. 22.

4 Deut. 27. 24.

1 Lev. 20. 10. n Numb. 5. 12, 20, 27. • Deut. 22. 23, 24•

n Prov. 6. 32, 33, 34, 35.

But

* But if a Man find a betrothed Damfel, and force her and lie with her, then the Man only that lay with her shall die.

If a Man entice a Maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he fhall furely endow her to be his Wife. If her Father utterly refufe to give her unto him, he fhall pay Money, according to the Dowry of Virgins.

Thou shalt not steal.

• Thou shalt not rob thy Neighbour.

Stealing.

He that stealeth a Man, and felleth him; or if he be found in his Hand, he fhall furely be put to Death.

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If a Man fhall fteal an Ox or a Sheep, and kill it, or fell it, he fhall restore five Oxen for an Ox, and four Sheep for a Sheep. If the Theft be found in his Hand alive, whether it be Ox, Afs, or Sheep, he thali reftore double.

w If a Thief be found breaking up, he fhall make full Reftitution; and if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his Theft.

* When thou comeft into thy Neighbour's Vineyard, then thou mayeft eat Grapes thy Fill; but thou shalt not put any in thy Veffel. When thou comeft into the ftanding Corn of thy Neighbour's, then thou mayeft pluck the Ears with thy Hand, but thou shalt not move a Sickle into thy Neighbour's ftanding Corn.

Whofo robbeth his Father or his Mother, and faith it is no Tranfgreflion; the fame is the Companion of a Destroyer.

P Deut. 22. 25. 9 Lev. 19. 13.

Exod. 22. 29 3.

q Exod. 22. 16, 17.
t Exod. 21. 16.

* Deut. 23. 24, 25.

r Exod. 20. 15. u Exod. 22. I, 4 y Prov. 28. 24

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