Exodus 22-24

Judgments About Property Rights

Various Judgments

[25] "If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. [Exo 22:25 LSB]

Judgments About Work and Rest

[10] "Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its produce, [11] but [on] the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. Thus you shall do with your vineyard [and] your olive grove. [12] "Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant, as well as your sojourner, may refresh themselves. [Exo 23:10-12 LSB]

Judgments About National Feasts

[14] "Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. [15] "You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed. [16] "Also [you shall keep] the Feast of the Harvest [of] the first fruits of your labors [from] what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in [the fruit of] your labors from the field. [Exo 23:14-16 LSB]

Yahweh Will Drive Out Israel’s Enemies

[20] "Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to keep you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. [Exo 23:20 LSB]

Yahweh Cuts His Covenant with Israel

[15] Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. [16] And the glory of Yahweh dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. [17] And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire on the mountain top, in the eyes of the sons of Israel. [Exo 24:15-17 LSB]