Quotes About Community

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighborís property.

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

If you take your neighborís cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

If you encounter your enemyís stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israelís elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.

And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.