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Exodus 23 Translation Questions
Q? If the Israelites see the donkey of someone who hates them fallen to the ground under its load, what must they do?
A. If the Israelites see the donkey of someone who hates them fallen to the ground under its load, they must not leave that person. They must surely help him with his donkey. [23:5]
Q? Why should the Israelites not take a bribe?
A. They should not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words. [23:8]
Q? Why should the Israelites leave their fields unplowed in the seventh year?
A. In the seventh year the Isralites should leave the fields unplowed and fallow, so that the poor among their people may eat. [23:11]
Q? Why must the Israelites rest on the seventh day?
A. On the seventh day they must rest so that their ox and their donkey may have rest, and so that their female slave's son and any foreigner may rest and be refreshed. [23:12]
Q? In what month was the Festival of Unleavened Bread to be observed?
A. The Festival of Unleavened Bread was to be observed in the month of Abib. [23:15]
Q? In what month did the Israelites come out of Egypt?
A. They came out of Egypt in the month of Abib. [23:15]
Q? When were the Festival of Harvest and the Festival of Ingathering to be observed?
A. You must observe the Festival of Harvest, with the first fruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields. [23:16]
Q? For how long can the fat from the sacrifices at Yahweh's festivals remain?
A. The fat from the sacrifices at Yahweh's festivals must not remain all night until the morning. [23:18]
Q? What would happen if the Israelites provoke Yahweh's angel?
A. If they provoke him, he will not pardon their transgressions. [23:21]
Q? What must the Israelites do to foreign gods?
A. They must completely overthrow them and smash their sacred stone pillars in pieces. [23:24]
Q? Why wouldn't Yahweh drive out the foreign nations before the Israelites in one year?
A. Yahweh would not drive them out in one year, or the land would become abandoned, and the wild animals would become too many for them. [23:29]
Q? Why must foreign nations not live in the Israelites' land?
A. They must not live in the Israelites' land, or they would make the Israelites sin against Yahweh. [23:33]