7. Do not have anything to do with a charge that is false. Do not put to death those who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. I will not let those who are guilty go free.
8. "Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of godly people.
9. "Do not beat an outsider down. You yourselves know how it feels to be outsiders. Remember, you were outsiders in Egypt.
10. "For six years plant your fields and gather your crops.
11. But during the seventh year do not plow your land or use it. Then the poor people who are among you can get food from it. The wild animals can eat what is left over. Do the same thing with your vineyards and your groves of olive trees.
12. "Do all of your work in six days. But do not do any work on the seventh day. Then your oxen and donkeys can rest. The slaves who are born in your house can be renewed. And so can the outsiders.
13. "Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not use the names of other gods. Do not even let them be heard on your lips.
14. "Three times a year you must celebrate a feast in my honor.
15. "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Eat bread that is made without yeast for seven days, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Abib. You came out of Egypt in that month. "You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
16. "Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your crops from your field. "Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall when you gather in your crops from the field.
17. "Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King.
18. "Do not include anything that is made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice. "Suppose the fat from sacrifices is left over from my feasts. Then do not keep it until morning.
19. "Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
20. "I am sending an angel ahead of you. He will guard you along the way. He will bring you to the place I have prepared.